Roger Ebert(1942-2013)
- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Roger Joseph Ebert was the all-time best-known, most successful movie critic
in cinema history, when one thinks of his establishing a rapport with
both serious cineastes and the movie-going public and reaching more
movie fans via television and print than any other critic. He became the first and only movie critic to win a Pulitzer Prize (it would be 28
years before another film critic, Stephen Hunter, would win
journalism's top tchotchke). His opinions
likely were relied on by more movie-goers than any other critic in
cinema history, making Roger Ebert the gold standard for film
criticism.
Ebert was born in Urbana, Illinois, to Annabel (Stumm), a bookkeeper, and Walter Harry Ebert, an electrician. He was married to Chaz Ebert. Roger Ebert died on April 4, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois.
Ebert was born in Urbana, Illinois, to Annabel (Stumm), a bookkeeper, and Walter Harry Ebert, an electrician. He was married to Chaz Ebert. Roger Ebert died on April 4, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois.
