Biography.guide
Home β€Ί People β€Ί Film critic β€Ί Peter Travers
Portrait of Peter Travers

Peter Travers

b. 1943

American film critic and journalist

Film critic Journalist Magazine writer
Don't just read it β€” keep itBiographies to ownE-book Β· Audio Β· Video From $7 β†’

About Peter Travers

Born 1943. Peter Travers is an American film critic, journalist and magazine writer.

Peter Joseph Travers (born June 27, 1943) is an American film critic, journalist, and television presenter. He reviews films for ABC News and previously served as a movie critic for People and Rolling Stone. Travers also hosts the film interview program Popcorn with Peter Travers for ABC News.

Early life Travers grew up in Yonkers, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Manhattan College in 1965, followed by a Master of Arts degree in English from New York University.

Career Travers has been called the nation's most "blurbed" film critic. His blurbs appeared in newspapers as early as 1970, when he was a writer for Reader's Digest. By the mid-1970s, he was a film critic for The Herald Statesman, a Yonkers newspaper. In the 1980s, he wrote for People for four years before joining Rolling Stone in 1989. In 2020, he departed Rolling Stone and became the film critic for ABC News.

Travers hosts the New York Film Critics Series, a company that hosts live-streamed screening events and discussions, as well as the ABC News show Popcorn with Peter Travers, where he interviews actors and directors about the latest projects and their lives.

Personal life Travers married Diane Harris of White Plains, New York, in 1967; the marriage ended in divorce. In 1980, Travers married Robyn Lee Reeves, an actress and graduate of Vassar College, in an Episcopalian ceremony.

Preferences Favorites In 2010, when asked to rank the best films of the 2000s decade, Travers named:

1. There Will Be Blood (2007) 2. Children of Men (2006) 3. Mulholland Drive (2001) 4. A History of Violence (2005) 5. No Country for Old Men (2007) 6. The Incredibles (2004) 7. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 8. The Departed (2006) 9. Mystic River (2003) 10. The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)

Best of the year As a film critic for People, Rolling Stone, and ABC, Travers has named these films the best of the year:

Biography shop

Don’t just read it β€”
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop β€” from $7

Instant download Β· yours to keep Β· every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
New York University, Manhattan College

People in Peter Travers's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Peter Travers's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Peter Travers?

American film critic and journalist

When was Peter Travers born?

Peter Travers was born on 27 June 1943 in United States.

What is Peter Travers's occupation?

Peter Travers is a film critic, journalist and magazine writer.

What nationality is Peter Travers?

Peter Travers is American.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Peter Travers

Β· Wikidata: Q890207

Β· DBpedia: Peter Travers

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Peter Travers. https://biography.guide/peter-travers/

MLA: "Peter Travers." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/peter-travers/.

Chicago: "Peter Travers." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/peter-travers/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 Β· Spot an error? Report a correction.

Portrait: Wikimedia Commons Β· author & licence

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:02 UTC