English film critic and radio producer (1933–2015)
This article is about the British film critic and radio producer. For the former Mayor of New York, see Phillip French.
Philip French
OBE
French in 2013
Born
Philip Neville French
(1933-08-28)28 August 1933
Liverpool, England
Died
27 October 2015(2015-10-27) (aged 82)
London, England
Education
Bristol Grammar School
Alma mater
Exeter College, Oxford Indiana University Bloomington
Occupation
Film critic
Years active
1957–2013
Spouse
Kersti Molin
Children
3
Philip Neville FrenchOBE (28 August 1933 – 27 October 2015) was an English film critic and radio producer. French began his career in journalism in the late 1950s, before eventually becoming a BBC Radio producer, and later a film critic. He began writing for The Observer in 1963, and continued to write criticism regularly there until his retirement in 2013.[1]
French was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in December 2012. Upon his death on 27 October 2015, French was referred to by his Observer successor Mark Kermode as "an inspiration to an entire generation of film critics".[1]
^ abShoard, Catherine (27 October 2015). "Philip French, much-loved Observer film critic, dies at the age of 82". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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