David Ansen is an American film critic. He was a senior editor for ''

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'', where he served as film critic from 1977 to 2008 and subsequently contribute to the magazine in a freelance capacity. Prior to writing for ''Newsweek'', he served as chief film critic for Boston's '' The Real Paper''. Ansen appeared in ''

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''.David Ansen biography
, '' New York Film Critics Circle'' Ansen has also written several documentaries for television: on

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(for TNT),

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( PBS), and the Ace Award-winning ''All About Bette'' (

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) for TNT. He was on the selection committee of the New York Film Festival from 1990 to 1998. From 2010 to 2014, he was the

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of the Los Angeles Film Festival. In 2015, Ansen was named lead programmer of the

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Awards and affiliations

Ansen is a current or previous member of the New York Film Critics Circle, the

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, and the

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and is a three-time winner of the Page One Award from the Newspaper Guild of New York.

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