Irvin Kershner

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.

Directed

1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Director
2. RoboCop 2 (1990) — Director
3. Never Say Never Again (1983) — Director
4. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) — Director
5. Amazing Stories (1985) — Director
6. seaQuest DSV (1993) — Director
7. Raid on Entebbe (1976) — Director
8. The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976) — Director
9. The Flim-Flam Man (1967) — Director
10. Up the Sandbox (1972) — Director
11. A Fine Madness (1966) — Director
12. S*P*Y*S (1974) — Director
13. Loving (1970) — Director
14. Ben Casey (1961) — Director
15. Naked City (1958) — Director
16. The Rebel (1959) — Director
17. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) — Director
18. The Hoodlum Priest (1961) — Director
19. Stakeout on Dope Street (1958) — Director
20. Traveling Man (1989) — Director
21. Cain's Hundred (1961) — Director
22. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) — Director
23. The Young Captives (1959) — Director
24. A Face in the Rain (1963) — Director
25. Now Is Tomorrow — Director
26. Confidential File: Horror Comics (1955) — Director
27. Confidential File: Barbiturates (1955) — Director
28. SeaQuest DSV (1993) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) — Zebedee
2. On Deadly Ground (1994) — Walters
3. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004) — Self
4. Angus (1995) — Mr. Stoff
5. Corman's World (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
6. From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983) — Self
7. SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Self
8. When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004) — Self
9. Omnibus (1967) — Self
10. Berkeley (2005) — Statistics Professor
11. Star Wars: Music by John Williams (1980) — Self
12. Film '72 (1971)
13. Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005) — Self
14. Manhood (2003) — Gentleman
15. The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Self
16. Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005) — Self
17. Being and Becoming (2014) — Self
18. Fog City Mavericks (2007) — Self
19. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
20. Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997) — Self
21. Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998) — Self
22. Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' (2017) — Self (archive footage)
23. A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later (2011) — Self
24. Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) — Self