Ian Freer
{{Short description|British non-fiction author, film magazine editor and newspaper writer}}
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Ian Freer is a British non-fiction author, film magazine editor and newspaper writer who has written several books relating to films.
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.[http://www.empireonline.com/contact/ Empire Magazine, List of senior Staff, Accessed November 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423041750/http://www.empireonline.com/contact/ |date=23 April 2011 }}
He is also a writer for several newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian covering film subjects and film history.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/i/ia-ie/ian-freer/ |title=Ian Freer |date=26 July 2018 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |access-date= 30 June 2022|quote=}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/03/john-williams-at-90-he-is-so-much-smarter-than-his-critics |title=John Williams at 90: 'He is so much smarter than his critics' |work=The Guardian |date=3 February 2022 |access-date= 30 June 2022|quote= |last1=Freer |first1=Ian }}
In 2010, he appeared in the documentary comedy film The People vs. George Lucas.
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In 2007, he authored The Complete Spielberg, a guide to the films of Steven Spielberg.[http://www.emap.com/press-office-item.asp?Resource=2469 Spielberg, Ian Freer Complete Spielberg book, Accessed 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110054326/http://www.emap.com/press-office-item.asp?Resource=2469 |date=November 10, 2006 }}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/explore/item/67217/ |title=The Movie Makers. 50 iconic directors from Chaplin to the Coen Brothers |publisher=The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter |access-date= 30 June 2022|quote=}}
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