Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

Birthday: 1942-06-18

Deathday: 2013-04-04

Place of birth: Urbana, Illinois, USA

Also known as: Roger Joseph Ebert, Reinhold Timme

imdb_id: nm0001170

Biography:

Roger Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize winning film critic, journalist, and screenwriter.  Described by Forbes magazine as the "most powerful pundit in America", Ebert was the first film critic to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well as a Pulitzer Prize.  Ebert's began his criticizing career in 1967 as a critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and later gained national recognition co-hosting a number of shows with Gene Siskel in which they coined the 'thumbs up- thumbs down' style of reviewing.   Following Siskel's 1999 death Ebert continued to host "And The Movies" with Richard Roeper until 2006 when he stopped appearing due to developing Thyroid cancer.  Complications from the cancer ended up taking much of his tongue and jaw, forcing Ebert to undergo massive reconstruction surgery and speak with the help of a computer program (which was configured with his own voice due to the volume of recorded spoken language from Ebert's TV show).   He continued to write reviews for his website later in life. On April 3rd, 2013 announced his cancer had returned and he would be taking a "leave of presence", lowering the amount he would be writing and only reviewing films he wanted to review.   Ebert succumbed to his cancer the next day, April 4th, 2013.  The balcony is closed. 

Played in movies:

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

Score: 9.7

Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

Score: 8.0

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Score: 7.8

Life Itself

Score: 7.5

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Score: 7.2

Mysteries of Love

Score: 7.1

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

Score: 7.0

Howard

Score: 6.9

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Score: 6.8

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Score: 6.8

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS

Score: 6.5

All the Love You Cannes!

Score: 6.4

Abby Singer

Score: 6.3

Searching for Debra Winger

Score: 6.3

Pitch

Score: 6.3

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Score: 6.3

The Outsider

Score: 6.2

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

Score: 6.0

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Score: 6.0

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

Score: 6.0

Burden

Score: 6.0

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

Score: 5.8

Dead Teenager Movie

Score: 5.7

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

Score: 5.7

Don't You Forget About Me

Score: 5.3

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Score: 5.2

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

Score: 5.0

Independent's Day

Score: 5.0

An Almost Perfect Affair

Score: 4.5

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Score: 4.2

Citizen Yuppie

Score: 4.0

Cannes: All Access

Score: 3.7

Welcome to Hollywood

Score: 3.6

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

Score: 0.0

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Score: 0.0

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

Score: 0.0

Junket Whore

Score: 0.0

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Score: 0.0

Television: The First Fifty Years

Score: 0.0

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Score: 0.0

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

Score: 0.0

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

Score: 10.0

E! True Hollywood Story

Score: 8.1

Sneak Previews

Score: 7.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

The Critic

Score: 7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.2

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

At the Movies

Score: 6.3

The Tony Danza Show

Score: 6.1

At the Movies

Score: 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

The View

Score: 4.3