Film Critics
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Film critics analyze and evaluate film. Their film reviews influence a lot of people’s decision to see a film or not. Know about famous film critics, such as Paul Schrader, Gene Siskel, Pauline Kael, Mark Kermode and Leonard Maltin. This list of famous film critics includes people from United States, England, Italy, Canada, Hungary and many more countries.
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Birthdate: June 18, 1942
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Urbana, Illinois, United States
Died: April 4, 2013
Roger Ebert was an American journalist, author, screenwriter, film historian, and film critic. While working as a film critic for the daily newspaper Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, becoming the first film critic to be honored with the prestigious award. He was often described as America's most influential and prominent film critic of all time.
Birthdate: March 21, 1949
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher whose works in subjects, such as continental philosophy, Marxism, Hegelianism, and psychoanalysis, has gained him international influence. Often dubbed a celebrity philosopher and Elvis of cultural theory, Žižek was named in Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers list in 2012. His work has had an impact on widespread public audiences and academic.
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Jean-Luc Godard(Film Director and a Pioneer of the 1960s 'French New Wave' Film Movement)
Birthdate: December 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 13, 2022
The Paris-born French-Swiss director and screenwriter had the reputation of adding new dimensions to filmmaking with his experimentation, a trend which came to be known as the French New Wave. The director of acclaimed films like Breathless, My Life to Live and Pierrot le Fou, Jean-Luc Godard was married to actress Anna Karina. He is regarded as an all-time great director.
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Gene Siskel
(Film critic. Journalist)
Birthdate: January 26, 1946
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: February 20, 1999
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Paul Schrader
(Screenwriter)
Birthdate: July 22, 1946
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Birthdate: May 5, 1945
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Olivier Assayas
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film critic)
Birthdate: January 25, 1955
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
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Rex Reed
(Actor, Film actor, Journalist)
Birthdate: October 2, 1938
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fort Worth
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Leonard Maltin
(Journalist, Art historian, Film critic, Screenwriter, Writer, University teacher)
Birthdate: December 18, 1950
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City
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Pauline Kael
(Film critic, Writer, Journalist)
Birthdate: June 19, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Petaluma
Died: September 3, 2001
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Mark Kermode
(Television presenter, Musician, Journalist)
Birthdate: July 2, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chipping Barnet
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John Irving Bloom
(Film critic)
Birthdate: January 27, 1953
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
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Scott Ritter
(Writer, Officer)
Birthdate: July 15, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gainesville
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Richard Roeper
(Journalist)
Birthdate: October 17, 1959
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Harry Knowles
(Film Critic and Writer Known for His Website Called 'Ain’t It Cool News')
Birthdate: December 11, 1971
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Austin, Texas, United States
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Armond White
(Film critic)
Birthdate: April 24, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Synnove Macody Lund
(Journalist)
Birthdate: May 24, 1976
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stord, Norway
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John Lahr
(Biographer, Journalist)
Birthdate: July 12, 1941
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Los Angeles
John Henry Lahr is an American theater critic who worked as he senior drama critic at The New Yorker magazine from 1992 to 2013. Also an established author, he is known for works like Joy Ride and Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh.
Birthdate: November 27, 1909
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Died: May 16, 1955
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Leos Carax
(Film director)
Birthdate: November 22, 1960
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Suresnes, France
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Barry Norman
(Film critic, Television presenter)
Birthdate: August 21, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lambeth, London, England
Died: June 30, 2017
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Kenneth Tynan
(Diarist, Theatre critic, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: April 2, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Birmingham
Died: July 26, 1980
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A. O. Scott
(Journalist, Film critic)
Birthdate: July 10, 1966
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Northampton
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Jacques Rivette
(French Film Director and Film Critic Who was Associated With the French New Wave Movement of the 1950s)
Birthdate: March 1, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Died: January 29, 2016
Jacques Rivette was a French film critic and director. One of the most important members of the French New Wave, Rivette's work is renowned for its loose narratives, improvisation, and lengthy running times. Rivette, who started his career as a film critic, worked for the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma and his articles helped popularize the magazine in the 1960s.
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Peter Bradshaw
(Writer and film critic)
Birthdate: June 19, 1962
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: England
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Wesley Morris
(writer, film critic, journalist)
Birthdate: 1975 AD
Birthplace: Philadelphia
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Andre Bazin(French Film Critic, Film Theorist and Co-Founder of the Renowned Film Magazine ‘Cahiers du Cinéma’)
Birthdate: April 18, 1918
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Angers, France
Died: November 11, 1958
Andre Bazin was a French film theorist and film critic. A respected and influential personality, Bazin is credited with co-founding the popular French film magazine, Cahiers du cinéma. Bazin is remembered for supporting films that depicted realism, which set him apart from his contemporaries as conventional film theorists of his generation supported films that could manipulate reality
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Lionel Trilling
(Literary critic, Writer, Novelist, University teacher, Journalist)
Birthdate: July 4, 1905
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
Died: November 5, 1975
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Bosley Crowther
(Journalist, Film critic)
Birthdate: July 13, 1905
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lutherville, Maryland, United States
Died: March 7, 1981
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Vincent Canby
(Journalist)
Birthdate: July 27, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: October 15, 2000
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David Fricke
(Journalist, Writer, Music critic)
Birthdate: June 4, 1952
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: United States of America
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Mark Van Doren
(Poet, Autobiographer, Literary critic, University teacher, Professor, Writer, Journalist)
Birthdate: June 13, 1894
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vermilion County
Died: December 10, 1972
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Nat Hentoff
(Historian, Writer, Music historian, Record producer, Composer, Children's writer, Journalist)
Birthdate: June 10, 1925
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Boston
Died: January 7, 2017
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James Berardinelli
(Film critic, Writer, Journalist)
Birthdate: September 25, 1967
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Brunswick
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
(Film critic, Journalist)
Birthdate: February 27, 1943
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Florence
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Andrew Sarris
(Film critic)
Birthdate: October 31, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: June 20, 2012
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John Campea
(Film director, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: February 26, 1972
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Halifax
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Renata Adler
(American Author, Journalist, and Film Critic )
Birthdate: October 19, 1938
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Renata Adler is an author, journalist, and film critic who has been a staff writer-reporter for The New Yorker. She studied comparative literature at Harvard University and later received a J.D. from Yale Law School. Despite not being much knowledgeable about films, she became a film critic for The New York Times. She has also written many books.
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Joel Siegel
(Film Critic for the ABC Morning News Show Good Morning America)
Birthdate: July 7, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: June 29, 2007
Birthdate: March 24, 1906
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: December 19, 1982
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Kenneth Turan
(Journalist)
Birthdate: October 27, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Birthdate: December 24, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Beaconsfield
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Marc Fennell
(Co-anchor on The Feed)
Birthdate: June 2, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Marc Fennell is an Australian film critic, television presenter, and technology journalist. He is best known as the co-anchor on the satire television series The Feed. He won the first AFI Young Film Critics Competition as a young man. He also produces digital video projects exploring cinema culture and is the author of That Movie Book.
Birthdate: October 26, 1954
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Durham
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Richard Corliss
(Journalist, Film critic)
Birthdate: March 6, 1944
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: April 23, 2015
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Penelope Gilliatt
(Novelist)
Birthdate: March 25, 1932
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 9, 1993
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Charles Champlin
(Film critic, Writer)
Birthdate: March 23, 1926
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hammondsport, New York, United States
Died: November 16, 2014
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Isidore Isou
(Romanian-born French Novelist and Artist Who Founded an Art and Literary Movement Called 'Lettrism')
Birthdate: January 29, 1925
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Botoşani, Romania
Died: July 28, 2007
Isidore Isou was a Romanian-born French novelist, dramaturge, poet, visual artist, film director, and economist. He is credited with founding an art and literary movement called Lettrism, which owed inspiration to Surrealism and Dadaism. Isidore Isou is best remembered for his revolutionary 1951 movie, Traité de Bave et d'Eternité.
Birthdate: 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: England
Died: October 27, 2015
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Alfred Kerr
(Theatre critic)
Birthdate: December 25, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: October 12, 1948