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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212173
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Filmography (Movies)
John Candy: I Like Me
Character:Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Release Date:04/09/2025
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:08/04/2020
Howard
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2018
Burden
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/04/2016
Life Itself
Character:Self - Film Critic
Release Date:04/07/2014
Don't You Forget About Me
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/09/2009
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Character:Self
Release Date:01/03/2009
Cannes: All Access
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2007
Dead Teenager Movie
Character:Self
Release Date:25/07/2006
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
Character:Self
Release Date:30/06/2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2006
The Outsider
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Character:Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Release Date:08/05/2005
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/10/2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Character:Self
Release Date:28/10/2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Character:
Release Date:31/08/2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Character:Self
Release Date:25/07/2004
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2004
Abby Singer
Character:Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Character:Self - Film Critic
Release Date:05/10/2003
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Character:Self
Release Date:23/09/2003
Searching for Debra Winger
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/2002
All the Love You Cannes!
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2002
Mysteries of Love
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/02/2002
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
Character:Himself
Release Date:21/11/2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2001
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2000
Welcome to Hollywood
Character:Roger Ebert
Release Date:27/10/2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Junket Whore
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1998
Independent's Day
Character:Self
Release Date:15/01/1998
Pitch
Character:Self
Release Date:04/09/1997
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
Character:
Release Date:13/08/1996
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/01/1995
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Character:Self(segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Release Date:29/10/1993
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Character:Narrator (voice) / Introduction
Release Date:16/11/1991
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Character:Roger Ebert
Release Date:15/11/1991
Citizen Yuppie
Character:Citizen Yuppie
Release Date:01/11/1987
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
An Almost Perfect Affair
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/1979
Television Appearances
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
Early Edition
Character:Roger Ebert
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
The Critic
Character:Roger Ebert (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Character:Self
At the Movies
Character:
At the Movies
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Saturday Night Live
Character:Self (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
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