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July 3, 2017

Barry Norman: ‘The defining voice of film criticism’ and ‘cinema’s everyman’

By Zainab Mahmood

Tributes have been paid to film critic and journalist Barry Norman who died in his sleep on Friday aged 83.

Norman’s literary agency Curtis Brown said in a statement that he was “the defining voice of film criticism and insightful interviewing of screen legends from both sides of the camera”.

The Telegraph’s Patrick Sawer said Norman was “one of the most popular practitioners of his profession for his insightful yet approachable reviews”.

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