Roger Ebert (1942–2013)

Writer | Actor | Producer

Roger Joseph Ebert was the all-time best-known, most successful movie critic in cinema history, ...

Born: June 18, 1942
Died: April 4, 2013 (age 70)

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Filmography

Known For

At the Movies Cinematographer (1986-2010)
Life Itself Thanks (2014)
Sneak Previews Writer (1975-1982)
Known For

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Writer (1970)
Writer

Welcome to the Basement (2015)
The Thinking Molecules of Titan (2014)
DVD-R Hell (2014)
Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980)
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)
Sneak Previews (1975-1977)
Up! (1976)
Foxy/Viva Foxy Trailer (1972)
Writer

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Actor

Welcome to Hollywood Roger Ebert (1998)
Early Edition Roger Ebert (1997)
Actor

The Critic Roger Ebert (1995)
Producer

Roger Ebert's 14th Annual Film Festival: A Retrospective (2013)
Producer

Ebert Presents: At the Movies (2010)
Soundtrack

At the Movies (1999)
Archive footage

The Movies That Made Us (2019-2021)
Bad Music Video Theatre (2021)
Minty Comedic Arts (2018-2021)
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020)
Console Wars (2020)
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
Daughter of Shanghai (2019)
You Don't Nomi (2019)
Howard (2018)
Kain's Quest (2017-2018)
Waiting for Ishtar (2017)
Quick Reviews with Maverick (2017)
Chroma (2016)
Nostalgia Critic (2013-2016)
Burden (2016)
Everything Is Copy (2015)
The Insider (2015)
Welcome to the Basement (2013-2015)
Entertainment Tonight (2010-2014)
Batman: The Birth of the Modern Blockbuster (2014)
Brows Held High (2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
The Oscars (2014)
The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014)
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013)
Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2013)
The Golden Girls Return from Space Mountain (2012)
Ebert Presents: At the Movies (2011)
At the Movies (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
Clarkworld (2009)
American Masters (2009)
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009)
E! True Hollywood Story (2005-2008)
Strictly Background (2007)
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Mysteries of Love (2002)
Archive footage

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
60 Minutes (1991)
Additional Crew

Life Itself (2014)
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
Cinematographer

At the Movies (1999)

Videos

Awards

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys.

Another 19 wins & 8 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

He went to the draft for the Vietnam War and almost got in, but he was told he was overweight and was rejected. He was 26 years old and weighed 206 pounds at that time.

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