Ian Freer

For the British general, see Ian Freer (British Army officer).

Ian Freer is a British non-fiction published author, film magazine editor and newspaper writer who has written several books relating to films. ^[1]

He is currently employed with the film magazine Empire and is one of their senior reviewers as well as the assistant editor of the magazine. ^[2]

He is also a writer for several newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian covering film subjects and film history. ^{[3] [4]} These have included an overview of the works of Stanley Kubrick. ^[5]

In 2010, he appeared in the documentary comedy film The People vs. George Lucas .

In 2019, Freer wrote a published review of the audio and sound design within the movie Sound of Metal. ^[6]

Education

He is an alumni of the National Film and Television School. ^[7]

Works

In 1997, he co-edited the Empire Film Quiz Book. ^[8]

In 2007, he authored The Complete Spielberg, a guide to the films of Steven Spielberg. ^[9] This includes discussion of Saving Private Ryan and the nature of heroics within the film. ^[10]

In 2009, he authored a title Movie Makers: 50 Iconic Directors from Chaplin to the Coen Brothers, published by Quercus that covers film directors including Charlie Chaplin, Quentin Tarantino, and David Lean among others. ^[11]

References

1. "Ian Freer Time Out Profile". Time Out Worldwide. 25 March 1925. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
2. Empire Magazine, List of senior Staff, Accessed November 2007 Archived 23 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Ian Freer". The Daily Telegraph. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
4. Freer, Ian (3 February 2022). "John Williams at 90: 'He is so much smarter than his critics'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
5. Freer, Ian (26 July 2018). "'I haven't got it yet!': The relentless, ridiculous perfectionism of Stanley Kubrick". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
6. Molloy, Missy; Duncan, Pansy; Henry, Claire (2023). Screening the Posthuman. Oxford University Press. p. 193-194. ISBN   978-0-19-753856-2 . Retrieved 17 August 2025.
7. "Ian Freer". NFTS. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
8. Freer, Ian; Brown, Deborah (1997). Empire Film Quiz Book. Trans-Atlantic Publications. ISBN   978-0-233-99234-1.
9. Spielberg, Ian Freer Complete Spielberg book, Accessed 2007 Archived November 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
10. Morris, Nigel (2007). The Cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of Light. Wallflower Press. p. 289. ISBN   978-1-904764-88-5 . Retrieved 17 August 2025.
11. "The Movie Makers. 50 iconic directors from Chaplin to the Coen Brothers". The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter. Retrieved 30 June 2022.