Irvin Kershner Biography (1923-)

Born April 29, 1923, in Philadelphia, PA. Addresses: Contact: Diane Golden, Silverberg, Katz, Thompson et al., 11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, LosAngeles, CA 90025-6538.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Director, actor, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer
Birth Details
April 29, 1923
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Director
  • Stakeout on Dope Street, Warner Bros., 1958
  • The Young Captives, Paramount, 1959
  • The Hoodlum Priest, United Artists, 1961
  • A Face in the Rain, Embassy, 1963
  • The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Continental Distributing, 1964
  • A Fine Madness, Warner Bros., 1966
  • The Flim-Flam Man (released in England as One Born Every Minute), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
  • Loving, Columbia, 1970
  • Up the Sandbox, National General, 1972
  • S*P*Y*S, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
  • The Return of a Man Called Horse, United Artists, 1976
  • Eyes of Laura Mars, Columbia, 1978
  • The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V--The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
  • Never Say Never Again, Warner Bros., 1983
  • (Film extract from Eyes of Laura Mars) Terror in the Aisles, 1984
  • Robocop 2, Orion, 1990
  • Cecilia, 2000
  • Film Producer
  • American Perfekt, American Perfekt Productions, Inc., 1997
  • Great Sex, 2000
  • Film Executive Producer
  • Wildfire, 1988
  • Film Appearances
  • Zebedee, The Last Temptation of Christ, Universal, 1988
  • Walters, On Deadly Ground, 1994
  • Mr. Stoff, Angus (also known as Angus-Voll Cool), 1996
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Director and cinematographer (documentary segments), Confidential File (also known as Paul Coates's Confidential File), syndicated, 1953-1955
  • Television Director
  • Movies
  • Raid on Entebbe, NBC, 1977
  • Traveling Man, HBO, 1989
  • Pilots
  • SeaQuest DSV, 1993
  • Episodic
  • The Rebel, ABC, c. 1959 and 1961
  • Naked City, ABC, c. 1960 and 1963
  • Ben Casey, ABC, c. 1961 and 1966
  • "Hell Toupee," Amazing Stories, 1986
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • (And story) Stakeout on Dope Street, Warner Bros., 1958
  • (Uncredited) A Man Called Horse, National General Pictures, 1970

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • American Film, January/February, 1981, pp. 45-51

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