Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 5, 1926
Died
January 2, 2017
Age
90
Place of Birth
Stoke Newington, London, England
Popularity
0.6
John Berger
Writing
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.
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Known For
8.5
Apostrophes
1975 · TV
6.0
The Play on One
1988 · TV
0.0
Saturday Review
1984 · TV
7.0
Walter, retour en résistance
2009 · Movie
0.0
Taşkafa, Stories of the Street
2013 · Movie
5.5
About Time
1985 · Movie
6.5
Heartland
1989 · Movie
0.0
Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography
1989 · TV
7.5
Ways of Seeing
1972 · TV
5.2
John Berger or The Art of Looking
2016 · Movie
0.0
Germinal
1973 · Movie
6.3
Return from Africa
1973 · Movie
Filmography
2026
En recuerdo a John Berger
Movie · Self
0.0
2020
8 Poems of Emigration
Movie · Poet / Narrator (voice)
0.0
2017
The Economy of the Dead
Movie · Speaker (voice)
0.0
2017
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Movie · Self
5.6
2016
The New Man
Movie · Self
0.0
2016
John Berger or The Art of Looking
Movie · Self - Subject
5.2
2013
Taşkafa, Stories of the Street
Movie · Narrator
0.0
2012
12.Août.2002
Movie · Self (Voice)
7.0
2009
Walter, retour en résistance
Movie · Himself
7.0
2008
Letter from Gaza
Movie
0.0
2007
Arrows of Time
Movie
0.0
2004
Art, Poetry and Particle Physics
Movie
0.0
2002
The Spectre of Hope
Movie · Self
7.8
2002
Visioni di case che crollano
Movie · Narrator
7.5
1993
Walk Me Home
Movie
0.0
1992
The Embrace: An Essay by John Berger
Movie · Narrator
0.0
1989
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult
Movie · Self
0.0
1989
Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography
TV · Self
0.0
1989
Play Me Something
Movie · Secretary
5.4
1985
About Time
Movie · John Berger
5.5
1984
Saturday Review
TV · Self
0.0
1980
Parting Shots from Animals
Movie · Self (narrator)
0.0
1979
Pig Earth
Movie · Self
0.0
1975
Apostrophes
TV · Self
8.5