11 Facts About Dave Kehr

David Kehr was born on 1953 and is an American museum curator and film critic.

Dave Kehr later became a curator within the department of film at the Museum of Modern Art.

Dave Kehr did his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago, where he studied English.

Dave Kehr learned French in part to read the Cahiers pieces on film.

Dave Kehr started writing on film for The Maroon, the student newspaper, when he was president of the film society, Doc Films.

From 1974 to 1985, Dave Kehr wrote for The Chicago Reader, where he established a reputation for independent thinking and an understanding of visual style.

Dave Kehr next wrote as a film critic for The Chicago Tribune.

Dave Kehr moved to the East Coast to become film critic for the New York Daily News.

Dave Kehr is a past chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, and a member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress.

Dave Kehr left the New York Times in late 2013 to work as Adjunct Curator in the film department of the Museum of Modern Art.

In 2017, Dave Kehr was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a cultural award given by the French government.