Richard Brody | |
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Born | January 22, 1958 |
Alma mater | Princeton University ( BA) |
Occupation | Film critic |
Employer | The New Yorker (1999–present) |
Spouse | Maja |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2014) |
Richard Brody (born January 22, 1958) [1] is an American film critic who has written for The New Yorker since 1999.
Brody grew up in Roslyn, New York. [2] He is Jewish and has personally identified as an atheist. [2] [3] Brody attended Princeton University, receiving a BA in comparative literature in 1980. [2] He first became interested in films after seeing Jean-Luc Godard's seminal French New Wave film Breathless during his freshman year at Princeton.
In the early 1980s, after graduating from college, Brody briefly lived in Paris. [4] He is the author of a biography of Godard.
Brody has two children with his wife, Maja, who immigrated to the United States from Yugoslavia. [2] [5]
Before becoming a film critic, Brody worked on documentaries and made several independent films. [4] [6] [7] In December 2014, he was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America. [8]
Brody participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, [9] where he listed as his ten favorite films the following:
Richard Brody | |
---|---|
Born | January 22, 1958 |
Alma mater | Princeton University ( BA) |
Occupation | Film critic |
Employer | The New Yorker (1999–present) |
Spouse | Maja |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2014) |
Richard Brody (born January 22, 1958) [1] is an American film critic who has written for The New Yorker since 1999.
Brody grew up in Roslyn, New York. [2] He is Jewish and has personally identified as an atheist. [2] [3] Brody attended Princeton University, receiving a BA in comparative literature in 1980. [2] He first became interested in films after seeing Jean-Luc Godard's seminal French New Wave film Breathless during his freshman year at Princeton.
In the early 1980s, after graduating from college, Brody briefly lived in Paris. [4] He is the author of a biography of Godard.
Brody has two children with his wife, Maja, who immigrated to the United States from Yugoslavia. [2] [5]
Before becoming a film critic, Brody worked on documentaries and made several independent films. [4] [6] [7] In December 2014, he was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America. [8]
Brody participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, [9] where he listed as his ten favorite films the following: