In Memoriam - Ronald Bergan
FAREWELL TO RONALD BERGAN
With great sadness, we learned about the death of FEDEORA founding president RONALD BERGAN, one of the greatest film critics and historians. Ronald Bergan (Ph.D. English. Lit), was a regular contributor to The Guardian. He has been president of the jury at numerous film festivals and has chaired and participated in many conferences on cinema all over the world.
He was born in South Africa and educated there, in England, and in the United States. While living in France, he taught literature, theater, and film in the Sorbonne, the British Institute in Paris, and the University of Lille. He has held a Chair at the Florida International University in Miami where he taught Film History and Theory and finally lectured on film history at FAMU in Prague.
He is the author of a large number of books, including The United Artists Story, Jean Renoir: Projections of Paradise, Great Theatres of London, Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Conflict, The Coen Brothers and Francis Coppola: The Making of His Movies, Anthony Perkins: A Haunted Life, The Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide, The Eyewitness Guide To Film (published in 8 languages ), Francois Truffaut Interviews, which he edited and Isms: Understanding Film.
Rest in peace.
