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Richard Brody

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Richard Brody
Born(1958-01-22)January 22, 1958(age 66)
United States
Alma materPrinceton University(BA)
OccupationFilm critic
EmployerThe New Yorker(1999–present)
SpouseMaja
Children2
AwardsChevalier of theOrdre des Arts et des Lettres(2014)

Richard Brody(born January 22, 1958)[1]is an Americanfilm criticwho has written forThe New Yorkersince 1999.

Background

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Brody grew up inRoslyn, New York.[2]He is Jewish and has personally identified as an atheist.[2][3]Brody attendedPrinceton University,receiving a BA in comparative literature in 1980.[2]He first became interested in films after seeingJean-Luc Godard's seminalFrench New WavefilmBreathlessduring 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 fromYugoslavia.[2][5]

Career

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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 theOrdre des Arts et des Lettresfor his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America.[8]

Favorite films

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Brody participated in the2012Sight & Soundcritics' poll,[9]where he listed as his ten favorite films the following:

In the2022Sight & Soundcritics' poll,half of the films selected remained the same:

Best films of the year

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Bibliography

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Main article:Richard Brody bibliography

References

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  1. ^"Notice de personne" Brody, Richard (1958-....) "".Bibliothèque nationale de France(in French).RetrievedFebruary 4,2024.
  2. ^abcdCollins, Glenn (February 11, 1993)."A Film Maker's Lot: Frustration, Devotion, Rejection and Some Fun".The New York Times.p. C19.RetrievedAugust 31,2018.
  3. ^Brody, Richard."Catching Up".The New Yorker.
  4. ^abBale, Miriam (February 24, 2009)."A Dialogue with Richard Brody".Slant Magazine.RetrievedJuly 20,2022.
  5. ^Brody, Richard (May 31, 2009)."The Groom".The New Yorker.
  6. ^"Richard Brody".The New Yorker.Condé Nast.RetrievedFebruary 27,2015.
  7. ^Smith, Liz (March 13, 2015)."Richard Brody on Cinema and Digitalization".Cooper Squared.Wordpress.com.RetrievedFebruary 27,2015.
  8. ^Adams, Sam (December 15, 2014)."The New Yorker's Richard Brody Named Chevalier, Offers Top 10 List".Indiewire.Penske Business Media, LLC.Archivedfrom the original on March 13, 2015.RetrievedMarch 12,2015.
  9. ^"Richard Brody | BFI".www2.bfi.org.uk.Archived fromthe originalon February 14, 2016.
  10. ^Brody, Richard (December 2, 2021)."The Best Movies of 2021".The New Yorker.RetrievedDecember 8,2021.
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