Manny Farber

Bio: Emanuel "Manny" Farber was an American painter, film critic and writer. Often described as "iconoclastic", Farber developed a distinctive prose style and set of theoretical stances which have had a large influence on later generations of film critics; Susan Sontag considered him to be "the liveliest, smartest, most original film critic this country has ever produced.

Born: February 20, 1917 in Douglas, Arizona, United States

Died: August 18, 2008 in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, California, United States