John Berger
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Known For:Writing
Birthday:1926-11-05
Place of Birth:Stoke Newington, London, England
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Art, Poetry and Particle Physics (2004)
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...
Letter from Gaza (2008)
Address to the inaugural Palestine Festival of Literature
12.Août.2002 (2012)
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...
The Economy of the Dead (2017)
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.
The Spectre of Hope (2002)
The Spectre of Hope is based on the latest work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado. Salgado spent 6 years traveling to over 40 countries, taking...
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2017)
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...
The New Man (2016)
A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and...
John Berger or The Art of Looking (2016)
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...
Play Me Something (1989)
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...
Taşkafa, Stories of the Street (2013)
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...
Right to Work March (1972)
They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.
8 Poems of Emigration (2020)
"8 Poems of Emigration" is a found footage film that focuses on the migration crisis. The film, while focusing on the immigration and immigration...
About Time (1985)
Film Essay based on “And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos” by John Berger.
Pig Earth (1979)
“Pig Earth” marked John Berger’s first return to television after “Ways of Seeing”. The film, boldly using mostly still...
Parting Shots from Animals (1980)
“Parting Shots from Animals” was inspired by essays by John Berger and developed in collaboration with Chris Rawlence. Shot entirely in...
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult (1989)
The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in...
Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography (1989)
Series of four programmes in which writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr question the nature and practice of photography. GB. Annalogue, for...
Apostrophes (1975)
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...
Ways of Seeing (1972)
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...
Ways of Seeing (1970)
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...
Ways of Seeing (1970)
Series of four programmes in which writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr question the nature and practice of photography. GB. Annalogue, for...
Ways of Seeing (1970)
Series of four programmes in which writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr question the nature and practice of photography. GB. Annalogue, for...
Ways of Seeing (1970)
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...