John Berger

Biography

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.

Known For

Apostrophes

Ways of Seeing

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

Right to Work March

The Spectre of Hope

John Berger or The Art of Looking

Play Me Something

All Movies (23)

• 8 Poems of Emigration2020 · as Poet / Narrator (voice)
• The Economy of the Dead2017 · as Speaker (voice)
• The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger2017 · as Self
• The New Man2016 · as Self
• John Berger or The Art of Looking2016 · as Self - Subject
• Taşkafa, Stories of the Street2013 · as Narrator
• 12.Août.20022012 · as Self (Voice)
• Walter, retour en résistance2009 · as Himself
• Letter from Gaza2008
• Arrows of Time2007
• Art, Poetry and Particle Physics2004
• The Spectre of Hope2002 · as Self
• Visioni di case che crollano2002 · as Narrator
• Walk Me Home1993
• The Embrace: An Essay by John Berger1992 · as Narrator
• W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult1989 · as Self
• Play Me Something1989 · as Secretary
• About Time1985 · as John Berger
• Parting Shots from Animals1980 · as Self (narrator)
• Pig Earth1979 · as Self
• Germinal1973 · as Presenter
• Right to Work March1972
• A City at Chandigarh1966 · as Narrator

All TV Shows (4)

• Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography1989 · as Self
• Saturday Review1984 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Ways of Seeing1972 · as Self