Philip French
English film critic and radio producer (1933–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the British film critic and radio producer. For the former Mayor of New York, see Phillip French.
Philip Neville French OBE (28 August 1933 – 27 October 2015) was an English film critic and radio producer. French began his career in journalism in the late 1950s, before eventually becoming a BBC Radio producer, and later a film critic. He began writing for The Observer in 1963, and continued to write criticism regularly there until his retirement in 2013.[1]
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Born | Philip Neville French (1933-08-28)28 August 1933 Liverpool, England |
Died | 27 October 2015(2015-10-27) (aged 82) London, England |
Education | Bristol Grammar School |
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford Indiana University Bloomington |
Occupation | Film critic |
Years active | 1957–2013 |
Spouse | Kersti Molin |
Children | 3 |
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French was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in December 2012. Upon his death on 27 October 2015, French was referred to by his Observer successor Mark Kermode as "an inspiration to an entire generation of film critics".[1]