Cast & creator
John Berger
Best known for Apostrophes, The Play on One, Saturday Review
John Peter Berger (/ˈbɜːrdʒər/; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is often used as a university text. He lived in France for over fifty years.
40
film credits
9
television credits
28
1966–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
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Filmography (49)
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Apostrophes
Self
1975
The Play on One
Story
1988Saturday Review
Self
1984
Heartland
Original Story
1989
Ways of Seeing
Self
1972Ways of Seeing
Writer
1972Ways of Seeing
Creator
1972
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
Writer
1976
About Time
John Berger
1985About Time
Writer
1985
The Middle of the World
Writer
1974
Return from Africa
Story
1973
Right to Work March
1972
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Self
2017Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography
Self
1989Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography
Writer
1989Another Way of Telling: Views on Photography
Still Photographer
1989
John Berger or The Art of Looking
Self - Subject
2016
Walter, retour en résistance
Himself
2009
Germinal
Presenter
1973Germinal
Writer
1973
Taşkafa, Stories of the Street
Narrator
2013
A City at Chandigarh
Narrator
1966A City at Chandigarh
Writer
1966
The Spectre of Hope
Self
2002
Play Me Something
Secretary
1989Play Me Something
Short Story
1989Play Me Something
Writer
1989
The Salamander
Writer
1971
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult
Self
1989L'écho
Writer
1988
Art, Poetry and Particle Physics
2004
The New Man
Self
2016The Embrace: An Essay by John Berger
Narrator
1992The Embrace: An Essay by John Berger
Writer
1992En recuerdo a John Berger
Self
2026
Walk Me Home
1993Walk Me Home
Writer
1993
Letter from Gaza
2008
12.Août.2002
Self (Voice)
201212.Août.2002
Writer
2012
Parting Shots from Animals
Self (narrator)
1980Parting Shots from Animals
Writer
1980
8 Poems of Emigration
Poet / Narrator (voice)
2020Arrows of Time
2007
Visioni di case che crollano
Narrator
2002The Economy of the Dead
Speaker (voice)
2017The Economy of the Dead
Writer
2017
Pig Earth
Self
1979