Abraham H. Weiler (December 10, 1908 – January 22, 2002) was an American writer and critic best known for being a film critic and motion picture editor for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

''. He also served a term as chairman of the New York Film Critics Association. Weiler was born in the Russian Empire in 1908 to Jewish parents, and died in

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at age 93 in 2002. Writing for ''The New York Times'' for fifty years, he signed some of his reviews with the initials A.W.

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1908 births 2002 deaths American film critics The New York Times people Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States American people of Russian-Jewish descent {{US-journalist-1900s-stub