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Irvin Kershner

Irvin Kershner

Irvin Kershner

1923-04-29

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

DIRECTING

Biography

Irvin Kershner (April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010) was an American film director and occasional actor, best known for directing quirky, independent films early in his career, and then Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irvin Kershner , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Best known for:

The Empire Strikes Back

RoboCop 2

Never Say Never Again

The Last Temptation of Christ

On Deadly Ground

Eyes of Laura Mars

Amazing Stories

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

seaQuest DSV

Angus

Corman's World

The Return of a Man Called Horse

Raid on Entebbe

The Flim-Flam Man

Up the Sandbox

American Perfekt

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

A Fine Madness

Loving

S*P*Y*S

Ben Casey

Naked City

When Star Wars Ruled the World

The Rebel

Omnibus

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Filmography:

Confidential File: Horror Comics (1955)
WORK AS:
Director
Naked City (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Rebel (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
The Young Captives (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
Cain's Hundred (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
Ben Casey (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
WORK AS:
Director

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Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
WORK AS:
Director
A Face in the Rain (1963)
WORK AS:
Director
The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
A Fine Madness (1966)
WORK AS:
Director
The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
Loving (1970)
WORK AS:
Director
Up the Sandbox (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
S*P*Y*S (1974)
WORK AS:
Director

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Raid on Entebbe (1976)
4.6
WORK AS:
Director
The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
4.3
WORK AS:
Director
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
4.4
WORK AS:
Director
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8.2
WORK AS:
Director
Never Say Never Again (1983)
4.9
WORK AS:
Director
Amazing Stories (1985)
6.2
WORK AS:
Director
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
6.1
APPEREAD AS:
Zebedee
Wildfire (1988)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Traveling Man (1989)
WORK AS:
Director
RoboCop 2 (1990)
4.8
WORK AS:
Director
seaQuest DSV (1993)
5.7
WORK AS:
Director
On Deadly Ground (1994)
3.7
APPEREAD AS:
Walters
Angus (1995)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Stoff
American Perfekt (1997)
WORK AS:
Producer
Manhood (2003)
APPEREAD AS:
Gentleman
Berkeley (2005)
APPEREAD AS:
Statistics Professor