Roger Ebert
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born
June 18, 1942
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male
place of birth
Urbana, Illinois, The United States
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Nonfiction, Entertainment
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Roger Joseph Ebert is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter.
He is known for his weekly review column (appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and later online) and for the television program Siskel & Ebert at the Movies, which he co-hosted for 23 years with Gene Siskel. After Siskel's death in 1999, he auditioned several potential replacements, ultimately choosing Richard Roeper to fill the open chair. The program was retitled Ebert & Roeper and the Movies in 2000.
Ebert'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, Ebert became the first film criti...more
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quotes by Roger Ebert
"Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly. "
— Roger Ebert
— Roger Ebert
"No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out."
— Roger Ebert
— Roger Ebert














