Arthur Knight (film critic)

American film critic and historian

For other people with the same name, see Arthur Knight.

Arthur Knight

Born|

Arthur Rosenheimer

(1916-09-03)September 3, 1916

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died| July 25, 1991(1991-07-25) (aged 74)

Sydney, Australia

Nationality| American
Occupation(s)| Film critic
Film historian
TV host
Known for| The Liveliest Art
Spouse| Mary Ann Nyberg (?-?) (divorced)

Arthur Knight (1916–1991) was an American movie critic, film historian, professor and TV host.[1]

His book The Liveliest Art, first published in 1957, is a history of the cinema used as a textbook at colleges and universities throughout the world.

## Early life

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He graduated from City College of New York in 1940, and became an assistant film curator at the Museum of Modern Art. He served in the Army from 1941 to 1945, becoming a first lieutenant.

## Film teacher

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Institutions at which he taught include:

* Brooklyn Academy of Music
* City College of New York Institute of Film Techniques
* New School for Social Research
* Hunter College
* Columbia University
* UCLA
* University of Southern California
* Australian Film Television and Radio School

His former students at USC include George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, John Carpenter and Randal Kleiser. His former film history students at the City College of New York Institute of Film Techniques include Donald Swerdlow (now Don Canaan), an award-winning journalist and film editor, Producer Michael Hertzberg, DGA-First AD - Frank Capra Award Recipient Alex Hapsas, Writer-Director David Saperstein (Cocoon).

Mirza Mehdi Tehrani (Lecturer of film studies at the University of Tehran College of Fine Arts and film critic) was one of his last students in 1990.[2]

## Movie critic

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He reviewed movies for many publications, principally:

* The Saturday Review (1949–1973)
* The Hollywood Reporter (1973–1986)

## Host and producer

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He wrote, produced and hosted the 1985 cable TV series Sex in Cinema for the Playboy Channel. He was also the host of the syndicated radio series Knight at the Movies. In 1974, he was a member of the jury at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

## Personal life

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His first wife was costume designer Mary Ann Nyberg, who died in 1979. He was survived by his wife, Anne.

## References

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1. ^ Obituary Variety 29 July 1991
2. ^ "درباره آرا و نظریه‌های سینمایی آخرین نسل پیرو مکتب ورتوف، پودوفکین و سینمای مطبخی". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
3. ^ "Berlinale 1974: Juries". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-02.

## External links

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* Arthur Knight at IMDb
* Arthur Knight at Yahoo! Movies
* Arthur Knight at Find a Grave

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* United States
* Netherlands
* Israel

Other|

* IdRef
* SNAC