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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.