David Ansen

{{short description|American film critic}}

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| occupation = Film critic, writer

| language = English

| nationality = American

| notableworks = Senior film critic at Newsweek

| genre = Film criticism, documentary writing

| awards = Three-time Page One Award (Newspaper Guild of New York)
Membership in New York Film Critics Circle
Membership in National Society of Film Critics
Membership in Los Angeles Film Critics Association

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David Ansen is an American film critic. He was a senior editor for Newsweek, 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 This Film Is Not Yet Rated.[http://www.nyfcc.com/members.php?member=3 David Ansen biography], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315144627/http://www.nyfcc.com/members.php?member=3 |date=March 15, 2010 }}, New York Film Critics Circle

Ansen has also written several documentaries for television: on Greta Garbo (for TNT), Groucho Marx (HBO), Elizabeth Taylor (PBS), and the Ace Award-winning All About Bette (Bette Davis) 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 artistic director of the Los Angeles Film Festival. In 2015, Ansen was named lead programmer of the Palm Springs International Film Festival.{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2015/film/spotlight/critic-david-ansen-lead-palm-springs-programmer-1201664214/|title = Critic David Ansen Transitions to Lead Palm Springs Programmer|last = Saval|first = Malina|work = Variety|date = December 17, 2015|access-date = December 16, 2020}}