Roger Ebert Biography (1942-)

Full name, Roger Joseph Ebert; born June 18, 1942, in Urbana, IL; son of Walter H. and Annabel (maiden name, Stumm) Ebert; married Chaz Hammelsmith (an attorney), July 18, 1992. Addresses: Office: c/o Chicago Sun-Times, 401North Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Film critic, writer, actor
Birth Details: June 18, 1942; Urbana, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Host (with Gene Siskel), Sneak Previews, PBS, 1978-82
Film critic, NBC News, NBC, 1980-83
Host (with Siskel), At the Movies (also known as Movie Views), PBS, 1982-86
Host (with Siskel), Siskel & Ebert (also known as Siskel & Ebert & the Movies), syndicated, 1986-99
Host (with others), Roger Ebert & the Movies, 1999
Host (with Richard Roeper), Ebert & Roeper and the Movies, 2000-
Also film critic for WMAQ-TV, Chicago, 1980-83; and WLS-TV, Chicago, 1984--.
Specials
Commentator, 1988 Summer Olympic Games, 1988
Host, The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special, 1989
Host, Siskel & Ebert: The Future of the Movies (also known asSiskel & Ebert: The Future of the Movies with Steven Spielberg, GeorgeLucas, and Martin Scorsese), 1990
Host, The Siskel & Ebert Special, 1990
Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked the Winners, 1990
A Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan, 1991
Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake, 1991
Narrator, Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey, 1991
Living in America, 1991
Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked the Winners, 1991
Host, Siskel & Ebert: Actors on Acting, 1991
Bob Hope: The First Ninety Years, NBC, 1993
Count on Me, PBS, 1993
Host, Hollywood Gets MADD, syndicated, 1993
Host, Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked the Winners, syndicated, 1993
The Ten Best Films of 1992, syndicated, 1993
The Worst Films of 1992, syndicated, 1993
The 10th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame, 1994
Presenter, The 1994 CLIO Awards, 1994
Presenter, The 17th Annual CableACE Awards, 1995
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!, AMC, 1996
Host, Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked the Winners, syndicated, 1996

Host, The Siskel & Ebert Interviews, CBS, 1996
River Phoenix: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1997
An African American Salute to the Academy Awards, syndicated, 1998
Himself, Independent's Day, Sundance Channel, 1998
Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked the Winners, syndicated, 1998
The 29th NAACP Image Awards, 1998
The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, 2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens--A Life in Animation, PBS, 2000
Host, IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards Pre-Show, 2000
Host, If We Picked the Winners, syndicated, 2000
Episodic
Voice of himself, "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice," The Critic (animated), ABC, 1995
(Uncredited) Himself, "The Cat," Early Edition, CBS, 1997
Also appeared as himself, Sesame Street, PBS; and on Late Nightwith David Letterman.
Film Appearances
Himself, The Making of "A Hard Day's Night," 1995
Himself, Pitch (documentary), Jane Balfour Films, Ltd., 1997
Himself, Welcome to Hollywood, PM Entertainment Group, 1998
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (documentary), 1998
(Uncredited) Himself, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (also known as BW2 and BWP2), Artisan Entertainment, 2000
Radio Appearances
Series
Movie News, ABC, 1982-85
Also contributor to Critics at Large, WBBM, Chicago.
WRITINGS
Film Scripts
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (also known as Hollywood Vixens), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
(As Reinhold Timme) Up! (also known as Over, Under and Up!, Russ Meyer's Up, and Up! Smokey), 1976
(As R. Hyde; with Russ Meyer) Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens, RM Films, 1979
Television Specials
The Siskel & Ebert Special, 1990
Fiction
Behind the Phantom's Mask: A Serial, Andrews and McMeel, 1993
Nonfiction
An Illini Century, University of Illinois Press, 1967
A Kiss Is Still a Kiss, Andrews and McMeel, 1984
Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion, Andrews and McMeel, 1985-93
(With Daniel Curley) The Perfect London Walk, Andrews and McMeel,1986
Two Weeks in the Midday Sun: A Cannes Notebook, Andrews and McMeel, 1987
(With Gene Siskel) The Future of the Movies: Interviews with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, Andrews and McMeel, 1991
Ebert's Little Movie Glossary, Andrews and McMeel, 1994
(With others) The Computer Insectiary, 1994
Roger Ebert's Book of Film, 1996
Questions for the Movie Answer Man, 1997
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook, Andrews and McMeel, 1998-
Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary, Andrews and McMeel, 1999
Contributor to periodicals, including Esquire, Oui, FilmComment, American Film, Critic, and Rolling Stone.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers 1998, September 6, 1979 Gale Group, 1998.

Periodicals:

Chicago Tribune, .
Entertainment Weekly, May 17, 1996, p. 48; October 8, 1999, p. 84;September 22, 2000, p. 59.
Los Angeles Times, August 31, 1982 .
New York Times Book Review, December 16, 1984 .
People Weekly, August 20, 1984, November 1, 1999, p. 155.

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