Irvin Kershner

Born: 1923-04-29, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 2010-11-27

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

• Ben Casey (1961)
• Amazing Stories (1985)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• The Rebel (1959)
• RoboCop 2 (1990)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• On Deadly Ground (1994)
• Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
• The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
• Raid on Entebbe (1976)
• Up the Sandbox (1972)
• The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
• SeaQuest DSV (1993)
• Angus (1995)
• A Fine Madness (1966)
• S*P*Y*S (1974)
• Berkeley (2005)
• Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
• Now Is Tomorrow (1958)
• The Young Captives (1959)
• The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
• Confidential File: Horror Comics (1955)
• A Face in the Rain (1963)