Roger Joseph Ebert (/ˈiːbərt/ EE-burt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Writing in a prose style intended to be entertaining and direct, he made sophisticated cinematic and analytical ideas more accessible to non-specialist audiences. Ebert frequently endorsed foreign and independent films he believed would be appreciated by mainstream viewers, championing filmmakers like Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris, as well as Martin Scorsese, whose first published review he wrote. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called him "the best-known film critic in America." More about Roger Ebert
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Early in his career, Ebert co-wrote the Russ Meyer movie Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). Starting in 1975 and continuing for decades, Ebert and Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel helped popularize nationally televised film reviewing when they co-hosted the PBS show Sneak Previews, followed by several variously named At the Movies programs on commercial TV broadcast syndication. The two verbally sparred and traded humorous barbs while discussing films. They created and trademarked the phrase "two thumbs up," used when both gave the same film a positive review. They regularly appeared on numerous talk shows together including Late Show with David Letterman. After Siskel died from a brain tumor in 1999, Ebert continued hosting the show with various co-hosts and then, starting in 2000, with Richard Roeper.The most expensive item with a signature of Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert Signed Autographed 8x10 Siskel and Ebert Critic JSA Authenticated) was sold in July 2023 for $249.00 while the cheapest item (ROGER EBERT SISKEL & EBERT TWO THUMBS UP ORIGINAL & VINTAGE SIGNED CARD d. 2013) found a new owner for $2.95 in February 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was January 2024 with an average selling price of $50.00 for an autographed item of Roger Ebert. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2022 with $113.47 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.95 was February 2020. In average, an autographed item from Roger Ebert is worth $47.50.
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**SIGNED** Ebert’s Little Movie Glossary by Roger Ebert Autographed Book HC w/D | $49.99 | ||
10 Sure Signs a Movie Character Is Doomed (2003, TPB) SIGNED First Roger Ebert | $12.00 | ||
A Kiss Is Still a Kiss Signed Roger Ebert At the Movies Hardcover Dust Jacket | $34.95 | ||
Easton Press LIFE ITSELF Roger Ebert Signed - First Edition Biography | $50.00 | ||
Great Movies II by Roger Ebert (2005) SIGNED COPY 1st Edition | $34.95 | ||
I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie by Roger Ebert (2000, Trade Paperback) SIGNED!! | $50.00 | ||
Scorsese by Ebert, Roger Ebert, SIGNED | $67.99 | ||
Signed ✍️ Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert | $20.00 | ||
The Great Movies II by Roger Ebert (2005, HCDJ, Signed, First Edition/1st Print) | $29.99 | ||
The Great Movies Signed copy by Roger Ebert 2002 | $24.95 |