Justin Chang
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Justin Chang is a former film critic for the Los Angeles Times. He won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in criticism for work published in 2023. Chang is a film critic for the New Yorker and NPR’s “Fresh Air” and is a regular contributor to KPCC’s “FilmWeek.” Before joining The Times, he was chief film critic at Variety. Chang is the author of the book “FilmCraft: Editing” and serves as chair of the National Society of Film Critics and secretary of the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. In 2014, he received the inaugural Roger Ebert Award from the African American Film Critics Assn. A Southern California native and USC graduate, he lives in Pasadena.
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