Roger Ebert
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Roger Joseph Ebert[2] (Juin 18, 1942[3] – Aprile 4, 2013)[4] wis an American film critic. Ebert's reviews appear in newspapers such as the Chicago Sun-Times frae Aprile 3, 1967 until his daith.
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Born | Roger Joseph Ebert 18 Juin 1942(1942-06-18) Urbana, Illinois, U.S. |
Dee'd | 4 Apryle 2013(2013-04-04) (aged 70) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Restin place | Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois |
Thrift | Author, jurnalist, film historian, film critic, screenwriter |
Leid | English |
Naitionality | American |
Ethnicity | White |
Ceetizenship | American |
Eddication | Urbana High School |
Alma mater | University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Period | 1967–2013 |
Subject | Film |
Notable warks | The Great Movies; The Great Movies II; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; Life Itself: A Memoir |
Notable awairds | Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
Spoose | Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert[1] (m. July 18, 1992 – April 4, 2013, his death) |
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http://www.rogerebert.com/ |
Ebert wis born on Juin 18, 1942 in Urbana, Illinois tae a Catholic faimily.
Ebert began his professional critic career in 1967, writin for the Chicago Sun-Times. That same year, Ebert's first beuk, a history o the University of Illinois titlit Illini Century: One Hundred Years of Campus Life, wis publishit bi the University's press.
In 1969, his review o Night of the Living Dead[5] wis publishit in Reader's Digest.
Ebert co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 Russ Meyer movie Beyond the Valley of the Dolls an likes tae joke aboot bein responsible for the movie, which wis poorly receivit on its release but is nou regardit as a cult classic.[6] Ebert an Meyer an aa made Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, Up!, an others, an war involvit in the ill-fated Sex Pistols movie Who Killed Bambi?. In Aprile 2010, Ebert postit his screenplay o Who Killed Bambi? aka Anarchy in the UK on his blog.[7]
Ebert an Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel helpit mak nationally-televisit movie reviewin popular. Thay co-hostit the PBS shaw Sneak Previews. It wis followit bi At the Movies which made baith o them popular across the kintra. The twa focht an made jokes while talkin aboot movies. Thay creatit an trademarkit the phrase "Two Thumbs Up," usit when baith hosts thocht the same movie wis very good. Efter Siskel deit in 1999, Ebert kept on hostin the shaw wi various co-hosts an then, startin in 2000, wi Richard Roeper.
Ebert livit withyroid cancer syne its diagnosis in 2002. He kept on publishin his reviews baith online an in prent until Aprile 2, 2013. Juist twa days later, on Aprile 4, 2013, Ebert deit frae the disease in Chicago, Illinois. He wis 70 year auld.[4]