Facts: - death place: leucadia , california - bgcolour: # 6495ed - birth name: emanuel '' manny '' farber - death date: 18 august 2008 - field: painter , film critic - birth date: 20 february 1917 - name: manny farber - nationality: american - influenced: duncan kent jones , paul schrader , ray pride shepherd , jonathan rosenbaum , j. hoberman , - birth place: douglas , arizona Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of manny farber .
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emanuel '' manny '' farber -lrb- february 20 , 1917 -- 18 august 2008 -rrb- was an american painter , film critic and writer .often described as '' iconoclastic '' , farber developed a distinctive prose style and set of theoretical stances which have had a large influence on later generations of film critics ; susan sontag considered him to be '' the liveliest , smartest , most original film critic this country has ever produced . ''farber 's writing was distinguished by its '' visceral , '' punchy style and inventive approach towards language ; amongst other things , he is credited with coining the term '' underground film , '' and was an early advocate of such filmmakers as howard hawks , rainer werner fassbinder , werner herzog , william wellman , raoul walsh , anthony mann , michael snow , chantal akerman , george kuchar and andy warhol .farber 's painting , which was often influenced by his favorite filmmakers , is held in equally high regard ; he was dubbed the greatest still life painter of his generation by '' the new york times '' .later in life , farber focused more on art and teaching .he often worked in close collaboration with his wife , patricia patterson , also an artist .