Eugene Kal Siskel
Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: Gene Siskel Connection to Illinois: Gene was born and raised in Chicago. Biography: In 1975, Siskel teamed up with Roger Ebert, film reviewer for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', to host a show on the local Chicago PBS station WTTW which eventually became ''Sneak Previews'', where they started their 'thumbs up - thumbs down' rating system.
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The future of the movies : ISBN: 0836262166 OCLC: 23286207 Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, Mo. : ©1991. Interviews & discussions of cinema craft with 3 influential American filmmakers: Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, & George Lucas. |