Vincent Canby

Vincent Canby
Canby in 1977
Born	(1924-07-27)July 27, 1924 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 15, 2000(2000-10-15) (aged 76) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Critic
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Period	1948–2000
Subject	Film theatre
Partner	Penelope Gilliatt

Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who was the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed more than one thousand films during his tenure there.^[1]