Carl Lerner
Born: 1912-06-17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1973-08-26
Known For: Editing
Biography
Carl Lerner was an American director screenwriter, actor, and editor. He started his career as an actor with theater companies in New York. In 1950 he joined as editor in Columbia Studios and debuted his first film Cry Murder. He directed his first documentary film American Homes in 1949. He is known for his works in movies such as Twelve Angry Men (1957), The Fugitive Kind (1959) and Middle of the Night (1959). Mr. Lerner taught film technique at City College, New York University, the School of Visual Arts, and other institutions, and had written many articles on the subject. He died on August 26, 1973 at the age of 61 in New York, USA.
Filmography
1973
- The First Circle ... (Editor)
1972
- Crawlspace ... (Editor)
1971
- Klute ... (Editor)
1970
- The Boys in the Band ... (Editor)
- The Angel Levine ... (Editor)
1968
- Revolution ... (Editor)
- The Swimmer ... (Editor)
1967
- Brown Eye, Evil Eye ... (Editor)
1966
- A Man Called Adam ... (Editor)
1964
- Quick, Let's Get Married ... (Editor)
- Black Like Me ... (Director)
- Smiles
1963
- Greenwich Village Story ... (Consulting Editor)
- All the Way Home ... (Supervising Editor)
1962
- No Exit ... (Editor)
- Requiem for a Heavyweight ... (Editor)
1961
- Something Wild ... (Editor)
1960
- Rosie ... (Editor)
- The Fugitive Kind ... (Editor)
1959
- Come Back, Africa ... (Editor)
- Middle of the Night ... (Editor)
1958
- The Goddess ... (Editor)
1957
- 12 Angry Men ... (Editor)
- Uncle Vanya ... (Editor)
- On the Bowery ... (Editor)
- A Time for Freedom ... (Director)
1956
- Patterns ... (Editor)
- A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp ... (Editor)
1953
- The Big Break ... (Editor)
1950
- So Young, So Bad ... (Editor)
- Cry Murder ... (Editor)