Roger Joseph Ebert

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Roger Joseph Ebert

Pen Name: Roger Ebert

Born: 1942 in Urbana, Illinois

Website: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/

Email: rebert@compuserve.com

[edit] Illinois Connection

Roger was born in Urbana and currently resides in Chicago.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Roger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter. Since 1967, he has written a weekly review column in the Chicago Sun-Times. For 23 years, he co-hosted with Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert at the Movies. After Siskel's death in 1999, Richard Roeper filled the open chair and the program was retitled Ebert & Roeper at the Movies in 2000.

Roger's movie reviews are syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad. He has written more than 15 books, including his annual movie yearbook. In 1975, Roger became the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His television programs have also been widely syndicated, and have been nominated for Emmy awards.

In February 1995, a section of Chicago's Erie Street near the CBS Studios was given the honorary name Siskel & Ebert Way. In June 2005, Roger was the first professional film critic to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Since 1994, he has written a Great Movies series of individual reviews of what he deems to be the most important films of all time. He has hosted the annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival in Champaign since 1999.

[edit] Published Works

• An Illini Century, University of Illinois Press, 1967

• A Kiss Is Still A Kiss, Andrews and McMeel, 1984

• Two Weeks in the Midday Sun, A Cannes Notebook, Andrews and McMeel, 1987

• Roger Ebert`s Movie Home Companion, Andrews and McMeel, 1985

• The Perfect London Walk, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1986 - written with Daniel Curley

• Roger Ebert's Four Star Movie Guide, Andrews, McMeel & Parker, 1988

• The Future of The Movies, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1991 - written with Gene Siskel

• Roger Ebert`s Video Companion, Andrews and McMeel, 1993

• Behind the Phantom's Mask, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1993

• Roger Ebert's Book of Film, W. W. Norton & Company; 1st ed edition, 1996

• Roger Ebert's Video Companion 1998, Andrews Mcmeel Pub; 13Rev Ed edition, 1997

• Questions For The Movie Answer Man, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997

• Ebert's "Bigger" Little Movie Glossary, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1999

• I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie, Andrews and McMeel, 2000

• The Great Movies, Broadway, 2003

• Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003

• Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004

• Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2006, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005

• The Great Movies II, Broadway, 2005

• Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2006

• Your Movie Sucks, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007

• Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert, University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition, 2008

• Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

• Roger Ebert's Four-Star Reviews 1967-2007, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

• Roger Eberts Movie Yearbook 2010, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2009

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

An 'Illini' Century: One Hundred Years of Campus Life ISBN: B000OKBSIE Release Date: 1967 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

A Kiss Is Still a Kiss ISBN: 0836279573 Release Date: 1984-10 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Two Weeks In Midday Sun : A Cannes Notebook ISBN: 0836279425 Release Date: 1987-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion ISBN: 0836262433 Release Date: 1992-09 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Roger Ebert's Video Companion 1998 (Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook) ISBN: 0836236882 Release Date: 1997-11 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Future of The Movies ISBN: 0836262166 Release Date: 1991-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie ISBN: 0740706721 Release Date: 2000-04-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Ebert's "Bigger" Little Movie Glossary ISBN: 0836282892 Release Date: 1999-05-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Great Movies ISBN: 0767910389 Release Date: 2003-11-11 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the finest writing from a century of film ISBN: 0393040003 Release Date: 1996-11-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Questions For The Movie Answer Man ISBN: 0836228944 Release Date: 1997-06-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Behind The Phantom's Mask ISBN: 0836280210 Release Date: 1993-05-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

An Illini century: One hundred years of campus life ISBN: B0006OW26K Release Date: 1992 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Perfect London Walk ISBN: 0836279298 Release Date: 1986-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Your Movie Sucks ISBN: 0740763660 Release Date: 2007-03-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010 ISBN: 0740785362 Release Date: 2009-11-09 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Unknown)

[edit] External Links

Roger Joseph Ebert on WorldCat

Roger Joseph Ebert on Amazon

Ebert Fest

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun Times

Roger Ebert - Wikipedia

[edit] Editing

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