Richard Brody

Richard Brody (born 1957/1958) is an American film critic who has written for "The New Yorker" since 1999.
Education.
Brody grew up in Roslyn, New York, and attended Princeton University, receiving a B.A. in Comparative Literature in 1980. He first became interested in films after seeing Jean-Luc Godard's seminal French New Wave film "Breathless" during his freshman year at Princeton. In the early 1980s, after graduating from Princeton, Brody briefly lived in Paris. He is the author of a biography of Godard.
Career.
Before becoming a film critic, Brody worked on documentaries and made several independent films. In December 2014, he was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America.
Brody participated in the 2012 "Sight & Sound" critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows:
Personal life.
Brody was described as Jewish in a 1993 "New York Times" profile. He has also since identified as an atheist.