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according to the "chicago sun-times." it was always that quick wit and thumbs up thumbs down movie review we loved so much about the man. it earned him fame as one of america's most prominent film critics. he was a native of illinois. his love of cinema came at a very early age. he began writing film reviews for the "chicago sun-times" in the late '60s and in 1975 was the first film critic to ever win the pulitzer prize for criticism. in 1970 he dabbled in screen writing, coauthoring "beyond the valley of the dolls" with russ meyer. certainly knew a great deal about what it takes to make a good film. it was in 1976 when he teamed up with a competitor, "chicago tribune" film critic gene siskell on tv. within a few years that went into syndication and their thumbs up thumbs down rating system soon became their trademark that everybody still uses today when we're talking about films. it was 1999 when gene siskal died from complications stemming from a brain tumor operation.