- Film critic.
- Famous for his many books about the cinema, including "A Biographical Dictionary Of The Cinema", which has gone through many editions since the 1970s, and "Have You Seen...?", a survey of 1,000 key films in cinema history.
- Curator of the 60 Years of Berlinale retrospective "Play It Again...!" in 2010.
- He was a close friend of the Irish film-maker Kieran Hickey.
- In addition to being a prominent film critic, he has written several novels, some of which are movie-related.
- His favorite film stars are Cary Grant, whom he has described as the greatest actor in film history, and Angie Dickinson.
- Named one of his sons after the Montgomery Clift character in "Red River".
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