Star Facts

  • Category Television

    Address 6834 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 06/23/2005

About
Roger Ebert
Born:
1942-06-18,
Urbana,
Illinois,
USA
Education:
Univ of IL at Urbana-Champaign, & Univ of Cape Town, South Africa, & Univ of Chicago, IL
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
2013-04-04
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Roger Ebert

In memory of film critic Roger Ebert, flowers were placed on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The star in category of Motion Pictures is located at 6834 Hollywood Blvd. “Thumbs Up Roger Ebert!” Leron Gubler, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President/CEO signed the card on behalf of the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. Forbes has described him as "the most powerful pundit in America".

He is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The Movies, all of which he co-hosted for a combined 23 years with Gene Siskel. After Siskel's death in 1999, Ebert teamed with Richard Roeper for the television series Ebert & Roeper & the Movies, which began airing in 2000. Although his name remained in the title, Ebert did not appear on the show after mid-2006, when he suffered post-surgical complications related to thyroid cancer which left him unable to speak. Ebert ended his association with the show in July 2008, but in February 2009 he stated that he and Roeper would continue their work on a new show.

Ebert's movie reviews are syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and worldwide by Universal Press Syndicate. He has written more than 15 books, including his annual movie yearbook which is predominantly a collection of his reviews of that year. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize. His television programs have 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 renamed Siskel & Ebert Way. In June 2005, Ebert was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the first professional film critic to receive such an award. He has honorary degrees from the University of Colorado, the AFI Conservatory, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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. This list and his associated reviews have now expanded to include over 300 movies. Since 1999, he has hosted the annual in Champaign, Illinois.

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