Irvin Kershner
- Directing
- April 29, 1923 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- November 27, 2010
Biography
Irvin Kershner (born Isadore Kershner; April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010) was an American director for film and television. Early in his career as a filmmaker he directed quirky, independent drama films, while working as a lecturer at the University of Southern California. Later, he began making high-budget blockbusters such as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond adaptation Never Say Never Again and RoboCop 2. Through the course of his career, he received numerous accolades, including being nominated for both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Palme d'Or. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irvin Kershner , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' · Self
- Being and Becoming · Self
- Corman's World · Self
- A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later · Self
- Fog City Mavericks · Self
- Shooting the Police: Cops on Film · Self
- Berkeley · Statistics Professor
- Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema · Self
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection · Self
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy · Self
- When Star Wars Ruled the World · Self
- Manhood · Gentleman
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs · Self
- American Perfekt · Producer
- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery · Self
- Angus · Mr. Stoff
- On Deadly Ground · Walters
- SeaQuest DSV · Director
- seaQuest DSV · Director
- RoboCop 2 · Director
- Traveling Man · Director
- Wildfire · Executive producer
- The Last Temptation of Christ · Zebedee
- Amazing Stories · Director
- From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga · Self
- Never Say Never Again · Director
- The Making of The Empire Strikes Back · Self
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back · Self
- The Empire Strikes Back · Director
- Star Wars: Music by John Williams · Self
- Eyes of Laura Mars · Director
- Raid on Entebbe · Director
- The Return of a Man Called Horse · Director
- Spécial cinéma · Self
- S*P*Y*S · Director
- Badlands · Thanks
- Up the Sandbox · Director
- Film '72
- Loving · Director
- Omnibus · Self
- The Flim-Flam Man · Director
- A Fine Madness · Director
- The Luck of Ginger Coffey · Director
- Kraft Suspense Theatre · Director
- A Face in the Rain · Director
- Ben Casey · Director
- Cain's Hundred · Director
- The Hoodlum Priest · Director
- The Rebel · Director
- The Young Captives · Director
- Naked City · Director
- Stakeout on Dope Street · Screenplay, Director
- Now Is Tomorrow · Director
- Confidential File: Horror Comics · Director
- Confidential File: Barbiturates · Director