John Berger

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John Berger

Writing November 5, 1926

Stoke Newington, London, England

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 a…

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Apostrophes

Apostrophes

8.5 1975 TV Show
The Play on One

The Play on One

6.0 1988 TV Show
The Salamander

The Salamander

6.7 1971 Movie
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

6.8 1976 Movie
The Middle of the World

The Middle of the World

6.2 1974 Movie
Return from Africa

Return from Africa

6.3 1973 Movie
Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

7.5 1972 TV Show
Heartland

Heartland

6.5 1989 Movie
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

5.6 2017 Movie
About Time

About Time

5.5 1985 Movie
John Berger or The Art of Looking

John Berger or The Art of Looking

5.2 2016 Movie
Play Me Something

Play Me Something

5.4 1989 Movie

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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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Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    En recuerdo a John Berger

    Movie Self

  2. 2020
    8 Poems of Emigration

    Movie Poet / Narrator (voice)

  3. 2017
    The Economy of the Dead

    Movie Speaker (voice)

  4. 2017
    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    Movie Self

  5. 2016
    The New Man

    Movie Self

  6. 2016
    John Berger or The Art of Looking

    Movie Self - Subject

  7. 2013
    Taşkafa, Stories of the Street

    Movie Narrator

  8. 2012
    12.Août.2002

    Movie Self (Voice)

  9. 2009
    Walter, retour en résistance

    Movie Himself

  10. 2008
    Letter from Gaza

    Movie

  11. 2007
    Arrows of Time

    Movie

  12. 2004
    Art, Poetry and Particle Physics

    Movie

  13. 2002
    The Spectre of Hope

    Movie Self

  14. 2002
    Visioni di case che crollano

    Movie Narrator

  15. 1993
    Walk Me Home

    Movie

  16. 1992
    The Embrace: An Essay by John Berger

    Movie Narrator

More credits
  1. 1989
    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    Movie Self

  2. 1989
    Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography

    TV show Self

  3. 1989
    Heartland

    Movie Original Story

  4. 1989
    Play Me Something

    Movie Secretary

  5. 1988
    L'écho

    Movie Writer

  6. 1988
    The Play on One

    TV show Story

  7. 1985
    About Time

    Movie John Berger

  8. 1984
    Saturday Review

    TV show Self

  9. 1980
    Parting Shots from Animals

    Movie Self (narrator)

  10. 1979
    Pig Earth

    Movie Self

  11. 1976
    Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

    Movie Writer

  12. 1975
    Apostrophes

    TV show Self

  13. 1974
    The Middle of the World

    Movie Writer

  14. 1973
    Germinal

    Movie Presenter

  15. 1973
    Return from Africa

    Movie Story

  16. 1972
    Right to Work March

    Movie

  17. 1972
    Ways of Seeing

    TV show Self

  18. 1971
    The Salamander

    Movie Writer

  19. 1966
    A City at Chandigarh

    Movie Narrator