Irvin Kershner
April 29, 1923 (103 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Credits
- 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
- 2011 · A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later as Self
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2006 · Shooting the Police: Cops on Film as Self
- 2005 · Berkeley as Statistics Professor
- 2005 · Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self
- 2005 · Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
- 2004 · Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
- 2004 · When Star Wars Ruled the World as Self
- 2003 · Manhood as Gentleman
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1997 · Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 1995 · Angus as Mr. Stoff
- 1994 · On Deadly Ground as Walters
- 1988 · The Last Temptation of Christ as Zebedee
- 1983 · From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as Self
- 1980 · SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Self
- 1980 · The Making of The Empire Strikes Back as Self
- 1980 · Star Wars: Music by John Williams as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1971 · Film '72 as
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self