John Berger

Born: 1926-11-05

John Peter Berger (/ˈbɜːrdʒər/; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is often used as a university text. He lived in France for over fifty years.


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Play Me Something

as Secretary
Released: 1989-02-18

A group of individuals are stranded at a small island airport when the flight from the mainland...

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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

as Self
Released: 2017-06-23

The Ways of Seeing writer is celebrated by Tilda Swinton and her fellow admirers in an...

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John Berger or The Art of Looking

as Self - Subject
Released: 2016-06-11

Art, politics and motorcycles - on the occasion of his 90th birthday John Berger or the Art of...

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Walter, retour en résistance

as Himself
Released: 2009-11-04

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Right to Work March

as uncredited
Released: 1972-10-19

They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

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Taşkafa, Stories of the Street

as Narrator
Released: 2013-10-15

Taşkafa is a real dog and also a legend on the streets of Istanbul. John Berger begins Taşkafa’s...

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W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

as Self
Released: 1989-09-25

The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a...

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Letter from Gaza

as uncredited
Released: 2008-05-07

Address to the inaugural Palestine Festival of Literature

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About Time

as John Berger
Released: 1985-02-01

Film Essay based on “And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos” by John Berger.

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12.Août.2002

as Self (Voice)
Released: 2012-04-23

12 August 2002 is the date which was printed on every shot in this film by the memory of the...

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Parting Shots from Animals

as Self (narrator)
Released: 1980-01-01

“Parting Shots from Animals” was inspired by essays by John Berger and developed in...

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8 Poems of Emigration

as Poet / Narrator (voice)
Released: 2020-06-14

"8 Poems of Emigration" is a found footage film that focuses on the migration crisis. The film,...

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Visioni di case che crollano

as Narrator
Released: 2002-01-01

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Art, Poetry and Particle Physics

as uncredited
Released: 2004-02-10

John Berger is one of our most celebrated and respected writers and broadcasters. A former...

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Pig Earth

as Self
Released: 1979-06-21

“Pig Earth” marked John Berger’s first return to television after “Ways of Seeing”. The film,...

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Apostrophes

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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Ways of Seeing

as Self
First aired: 1972-01-08

John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This...

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