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Irvin Kershner

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Irvin Kershner

Apr 29, 1923 – Nov 27, 201055 titles 45 movies · 10 TV
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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.

Also known as

Irv Kershner · Isadore Kershner

Born

Apr 29, 1923 – Nov 27, 2010

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

24

Acting credits

28

Directing

1

Writing

3

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1955 2 title(s)

1958 2 title(s)

1959 2 title(s)

1961 3 title(s)

1963 2 title(s)

1964 1 title(s)

1966 1 title(s)

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1970 1 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1972 1 title(s)

1974 3 title(s)

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1978 1 title(s)

1980 4 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

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1994 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

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2003 1 title(s)

2004 2 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)