John Berger

John Berger

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 : Writing
  • Birthday : 1926-11-05
  • Place of Birth : Stoke Newington, London, England
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John Berger Movies

  • 2004
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    Art, Poetry and Particle Physics

    Art, Poetry and Particle Physics

    1 2004 HD

    John Berger is one of our most celebrated and respected writers and broadcasters. A former winner of the Booker Prize, he also wrote one of the most...

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  • 2009
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    Walter, retour en résistance

    Walter, retour en résistance

    7 2009 HD

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  • 2008
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    Letter from Gaza

    Letter from Gaza

    1 2008 HD

    Address to the inaugural Palestine Festival of Literature

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  • 2012
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    12.Août.2002

    12.Août.2002

    7 2012 HD

    12 August 2002 is the date which was printed on every shot in this film by the memory of the camera. On that day a huge tower which disrupted the...

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  • 2017
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    The Economy of the Dead

    The Economy of the Dead

    1 2017 HD

    Short super-8 film capturing the changes taking place in Soho and questioned by John Berger's essay on twelve theses on the economy of the dead.

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  • 2002
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    The Spectre of Hope

    The Spectre of Hope

    6 2002 HD

    The Spectre of Hope is based on the latest work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado. Salgado spent 6 years traveling to over 40 countries, taking...

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  • 2017
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    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

    5.7 2017 HD

    The Ways of Seeing writer is celebrated by Tilda Swinton and her fellow admirers in an unorthodox four-part documentary that visits him at his Alpine...

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  • 2016
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    The New Man

    The New Man

    1 2016 HD

    A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and...

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  • 2016
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    John Berger or The Art of Looking

    John Berger or The Art of Looking

    5.2 2016 HD

    Art, politics and motorcycles - on the occasion of his 90th birthday John Berger or the Art of Looking is an intimate portrait of the writer and art...

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  • 1989
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    Play Me Something

    Play Me Something

    5 1989 HD

    A group of individuals are stranded at a small island airport when the flight from the mainland is delayed. At that moment, a stranger appears and...

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  • 2013
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    Taşkafa, Stories of the Street

    Taşkafa, Stories of the Street

    1 2013 HD

    Taşkafa is a real dog and also a legend on the streets of Istanbul. John Berger begins Taşkafa’s story, reading from his novel, King, the...

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  • 2002
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    Visioni di case che crollano

    Visioni di case che crollano

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1972
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    Right to Work March

    Right to Work March

    1 1972 HD

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

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  • 2020
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    8 Poems of Emigration

    8 Poems of Emigration

    1 2020 HD

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

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  • 1985
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    About Time

    About Time

    3 1985 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    Pig Earth

    Pig Earth

    1 1979 HD

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

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  • 1980
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    Parting Shots from Animals

    Parting Shots from Animals

    1 1980 HD

    “Parting Shots from Animals” was inspired by essays by John Berger and developed in collaboration with Chris Rawlence. Shot entirely in...

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  • 1989
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    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    1 1989 HD

    The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in...

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  • 1974
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    The Middle of the World

    The Middle of the World

    6.1 1974 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Economy of the Dead

    The Economy of the Dead

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2012
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    12.Août.2002

    12.Août.2002

    7 2012 HD

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  • 1989
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    Play Me Something

    Play Me Something

    5 1989 HD

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  • 1976
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    Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

    Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

    7 1976 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Salamander

    The Salamander

    6.8 1971 HD

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  • 1988
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    L'écho

    L'écho

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1989
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    Play Me Something

    Play Me Something

    5 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Heartland

    Heartland

    6 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    About Time

    About Time

    3 1985 HD

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  • 1980
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    Parting Shots from Animals

    Parting Shots from Animals

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1989
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    Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography

    Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography

    1 1989 HD

    Series of four programmes in which writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr question the nature and practice of photography. GB. Annalogue, for...

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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  • 1972
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    Ways of Seeing

    Ways of Seeing

    7.6 1972 HD

    John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This watershed work shows, through word and image, how...

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  • 1970
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    Ways of Seeing

    Ways of Seeing

    7.6 1970 HD

    John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This watershed work shows, through word and image, how...

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  • 1970
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    Ways of Seeing

    Ways of Seeing

    1 1970 HD

    Series of four programmes in which writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr question the nature and practice of photography. GB. Annalogue, for...

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  • 1970
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    Ways of Seeing

    Ways of Seeing

    1 1970 HD

    Series of four programmes in which writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr question the nature and practice of photography. GB. Annalogue, for...

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  • 1970
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    Ways of Seeing

    Ways of Seeing

    7.6 1970 HD

    John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This watershed work shows, through word and image, how...

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