Irvin Kershner
Born: 1923-04-29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2010-11-27
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2017
- Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Being and Becoming as Self
2011
- Corman's World as Self - Filmmaker
- A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later as Self
2007
- Fog City Mavericks as Self
2006
2005
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
- Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self
- Berkeley as Statistics Professor
2004
2003
- Manhood as Gentleman
1998
1997
- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- American Perfekt ... (Producer)
1995
- Angus as Mr. Stoff
1994
- On Deadly Ground as Walters
1993
- seaQuest DSV ... (Director)
- SeaQuest DSV ... (Director)
1990
- RoboCop 2 ... (Director)
1989
- Traveling Man ... (Director)
1988
- The Last Temptation of Christ as Zebedee
- Wildfire ... (Executive Producer)
1985
- Amazing Stories ... (Director)
1983
- Never Say Never Again ... (Director)
- From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as Self
1980
- The Empire Strikes Back ... (Director)
- Star Wars: Music by John Williams as Self
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Self
- The Making of The Empire Strikes Back as Self
1978
- Eyes of Laura Mars ... (Director)
1976
- Raid on Entebbe ... (Director)
- The Return of a Man Called Horse ... (Director)
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Badlands ... (Thanks)
- S*P*Y*S ... (Director)
1972
- The Flim Flam Man ... (Director)
- Up the Sandbox ... (Director)
1971
1970
- Loving ... (Director)
1967
- Omnibus as Self
- The Flim-Flam Man ... (Director)
1966
- A Fine Madness ... (Director)
1964
- The Luck of Ginger Coffey ... (Director)
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre ... (Director)
- A Face in the Rain ... (Director)
1961
- Ben Casey ... (Director)
- Cain's Hundred ... (Director)
- The Hoodlum Priest ... (Director)
1959
- The Rebel ... (Director)
- The Young Captives ... (Director)
1958
- Naked City ... (Director)
- Stakeout on Dope Street ... (Director)
1955
- Confidential File: Horror Comics ... (Director)
- Confidential File: Barbiturates ... (Director)