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Roger Ebert is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 18 june 1942 at Urbana (USA)

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert
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Birth name Roger Joseph Ebert
Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1942 at Urbana (USA)
Death 4 april 2013 (at 70 years) at Chicago (USA)
Awards Pulitzer Prize

Roger Joseph Ebert (/ˈiːbərt/; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, journalist and screenwriter. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. As of 2010, his reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad. Ebert also published more than 20 books and dozens of collections of reviews.

Ebert and Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel helped popularize nationally-televised film reviewing when they co-hosted the PBS show Sneak Previews, followed by several variously-named At the Movies programs. The two verbally sparred and traded humorous barbs while discussing films. They created and trademarked the phrase "Two Thumbs Up," used when both hosts gave the same film a positive review. After Siskel died in 1999, Ebert continued hosting the show with various co-hosts and then, starting in 2000, with Richard Roeper.

In 2005, Ebert became the first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic", Tom Van Riper of Forbes described him as "the most powerful pundit in America", and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called him "the best-known film critic in America".

Ebert lived with cancer of the thyroid and salivary glands from 2002. He continued to publish frequently both online and in print until shortly before his death on April 4, 2013.

Biography

Jeunesse et formation
Les grands-parents de Roger Ebert sont des immigrants allemands. Ses parents lui donnent une stricte éducation catholique et, pendant son enfance, il est servant d'autel à l'église de sa ville natale durant sa jeunesse.

S'intéressant déjà au journalisme, il rédige des articles sur des événements sportifs pour le journal de son collège et pour de petits journaux de l'Illinois. À cette époque, il fonde son propre magazine de science-fiction.

Il suit des études supérieures à l'université de l'Illinois à Urbana-Champaign. Grâce à une bourse d'études, il peut se rendre en Afrique du Sud afin de les poursuivre à l'université du Cap. À son retour aux États-Unis, il entreprend un doctorat à l'université de Chicago qu'il ne terminera pas, happé par le travail lorsqu'il est nommé critique de cinéma du Chicago Sun-Times en avril 1967.


Critique du Chicago Sun-Times

Roger Ebert occupera le poste de critique de cinéma du journal Chicago Sun-Times pendant 46 ans. Sa dernière critique paraît le 6 avril 2013. Il a écrit plusieurs articles sur l'art de la critique cinématographique et a justifié la notation des films par étoiles, en soulignant que celle-ci permet plus une comparaison relative entre les films que leur notation absolue.


Télévision
De 1975 à 1982, Roger Ebert et Gene Siskel, son confrère du Chicago Tribune, animent l'émission Sneak Previews . À partir de 1978, l'émission est diffusée à une échelle nationale par le réseau de télévision public Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Entre 1982 et 1986, les deux critiques animent At the Movies , émission diffusée en syndication. Richard Roeper succède à Gene Siskel, mort en 1999, et coanime l'émission avec Ebert jusqu'en 2006.


Autres activités
Roger Ebert est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages consacrés au cinéma. Son autobiographie, intitulée Life Itself: A Memoir, est publiée en 2011.


Mort
Roger Ebert meurt le 4 avril 2013 à Chicago d'un cancer de la thyroïde, après onze ans de lutte contre cette maladie.

Usually with

Russ Meyer
Russ Meyer
(3 films)
Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman
(2 films)
John Waters
John Waters
(4 films)
Martin Short
Martin Short
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Roger Ebert (18 films)

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Actor

Life Itself, 2h1
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about cities
Actors Roger Ebert, Stephen Stanton, Werner Herzog, Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Ramin Bahrani
Roles Self - Film Critic
Rating77% 3.8963153.8963153.8963153.8963153.896315
Un documentaire inspiré des mémoires éponymes du critique de cinéma américain et chroniqueur social mondialement connu : Roger Ebert. Lauréat du Prix Pulitzer pour ses critiques publiées dans le Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert est devenu l’une des personnalités les plus influentes du monde de la culture aux États-Unis.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, 4h
Directed by Daniel Farrands
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Horror
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Serial killer films, Documentary films about films
Actors Heather Langenkamp, Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Robert Shaye, Lisa Wilcox, John Saxon
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating85% 4.282314.282314.282314.282314.28231
Depuis des décennies, Freddy Krueger s'est frayé un chemin à travers les rêves d'innombrables jeunes, effrayant plus d'un demi-milliard de dollars au box-office à travers huit films terrifiants et spectaculaires.
Waking Sleeping Beauty, 1h26
Directed by Don Hahn
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Roy E. Disney, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Howard Ashman, Steven Spielberg
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating74% 3.7418553.7418553.7418553.7418553.741855
The film covers the fall and rebirth of Disney's animation division, the effects the new corporate team of Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, and Jeffrey Katzenberg had on the division, the competition with Don Bluth's animation studio, the pivotal roles of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the CAPS system, the introduction of the home video format, and the new-found success the studio had from 1989-1999.
Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero
Directed by Rusty Nails
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors George A. Romero, Dario Argento, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodríguez, Stephen King, John Landis
Rating61% 3.087193.087193.087193.087193.08719
Nails' documentary, Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero will go over Romero’s body of film work as it stands to date. The film will also examine a number of aspects of George's work, working method, and association with the independent and Hollywood film communities. Among the interviewees are Dennis Hopper, Ed Harris, Stephen King, John Carpenter, Dario Argento, Danny Boyle, John Waters, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Penn Jillette, Roger Ebert and Tom Savini. Dead On will investigate Romero's lifelong fascination with making films.
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream, 1h28
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors John Waters, Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch, George A. Romero, Robert Shaye, Perry Henzell
Roles Himself
Rating72% 3.6344753.6344753.6344753.6344753.634475
Midnight Movies est un documentaire qui explore le parcours méconnu de six grands films cultes des années 70 : La Nuit des morts vivants, Pink Flamingos, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead, El Topo, The Harder They Come. Ces six films à petit budget, montrés aux séances de minuit, ont influencé la manière de faire et voir les films, ils ont réinventé le médium en dépassant les frontières du mauvais goût et des tabous sociaux. Avec les interviews originales des réalisateurs John Waters, David Lynch, George A. Romero et Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, 1h30
Directed by Vadim Jean
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Martin Short, Robert Trebor, Jan Hooks, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Perkins, Linda Cardellini
Roles Self (uncredited)
Rating51% 2.5505552.5505552.5505552.5505552.550555
Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood starts off as an Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood spoof, but develops into a murder mystery, with David Lynch played by Martin Short as a makeshift Hercule Poirot.
Abby Singer, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Jill Hennessy, Don Cheadle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Stockard Channing
Roles Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Rating47% 2.3874752.3874752.3874752.3874752.387475
The film follows Curtis Clemins (Clint Palmer) and Kevin Prouse (Ryan Williams) as they have to deal with life's ups and downs.
All the Love You Cannes!
Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Lloyd Kaufman, Quentin Tarantino, Claude Chabrol, Roger Corman, Roger Ebert, Jerry Lewis
Roles Self
Rating64% 3.2397353.2397353.2397353.2397353.239735
Avec une caméra à la main, Lloyd Kaufman nous montre comment promouvoir son film et le distribuer lors du festival de Cannes en dépensant le moins possible.
Searching for Debra Winger, 1h37
Directed by Rosanna Arquette
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Feminist films, Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about cities, Political films
Actors Patricia Arquette, Rosanna Arquette, Julia Ormond, Emmanuelle Béart, Hilary Shepard, Daryl Hannah
Roles Self
Rating63% 3.197493.197493.197493.197493.19749
Le film présente une interview de l'actrice Debra Winger qui s'est brusquement retirée de l'industrie du cinéma alors qu'elle était au sommet de sa carrière (bien qu'elle ait depuis repris son activité d'actrice). Il met en parallèle des interviews d'autres actrices célèbres.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, 1h28
Directed by Joe Berlinger
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Kimberly Ann Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen, Tristine Skyler, Stephen Barker Turner, Joe Berlinger
Rating40% 2.003282.003282.003282.003282.00328
In November 1999, a group of young tourists—Stephen and his pregnant wife, Tristen, who are researching the Blair Witch for a book they are writing; Erica, a Wiccan; and Kim, a goth psychic—arrive in Burkittsville, Maryland, after seeing The Blair Witch Project. Jeff, a local man, is their tour guide and a paranormal investigator who says his equipment will capture any supernatural events that happen while they visit the Blair Witch site.
Welcome to Hollywood, 1h29
Directed by Adam Rifkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dennis Hopper, John Travolta, Adam Rifkin, Scott Wolf, Nicolas Cage, Peter Facinelli
Roles Roger Ebert
Rating50% 2.50282.50282.50282.50282.5028
Un réalisateur décide de prendre en main la carrière d'un jeune acteur.