
Roger Ebert
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.
Acting (40 movies)

Don't You Forget About Me
2010

Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003

Pitch
1997

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009

Searching for Debra Winger
2002

Mysteries of Love
2002

The Outsider
2005

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991

Life Itself
2014

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004

Burden
2016

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009

Howard
2018

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985

Independent's Day
1998

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004

Welcome to Hollywood
2000

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004

Abby Singer
2003

Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
2006

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
2001

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004

Cannes: All Access
2007

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006

All the Love You Cannes!
2002

Dead Teenager Movie
2006

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007

Junket Whore
1998

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991

An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | 1970 | Screenplay |
| Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens | 1979 | Screenplay |
| Citizen Yuppie | 1987 | Writer |