Irvin Kershner
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Irvin Kershner (born April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American director and sometimes actor. He attended the University of Southern California and began his career filming documentaries. Although he was the director of several well-received feature films such as The Eyes of Laura Mars, as well as television films and series, Kershner is best known as the director of the hit 1980 film, ', the first sequel to the wildly successful ' (1977). "Kersh," as he was called by friends, later directed the unofficial James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again and RoboCop 2.
Post-Empire, "Kersh" has also directed several episodes of the television series, seaQuest DSV, and he made his debut as an actor in the controversial 1988 Martin Scorsese film, The Last Temptation of Christ, playing Zebedee, the father of the apostles James and John.
Currently, Irvin Kershner is a faculty member at the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California.
Quotes
- "Of all the younger guys around, all the hot-shots, why me? I remember he said, 'Well, because you know everything a Hollywood director is supposed to know, but you're not Hollywood.' I liked that." -Explaining why George Lucas chose him to direct The Empire Strikes Back.
- "I like to fill up the frame with the [characters'] faces. There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face."
Filmography
- Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
- The Young Captives (1959)
- Face in the Rain (1963)
- The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
- A Fine Madness (1966)
- Loving (1970)
- Up the Sandbox (1972)
- S*P*Y*S (1974)
- The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
- The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
- (1980)
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
- The Last Temptation of Christ (Actor) 1988)
- RoboCop 2 (1990)
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| Irvin Kershner | |
|---|---|
| 1950s | Stakeout on Dope Street | The Young Captives |
| 1960s | Hoodlum Priest | Face in the Rain | The Luck of Ginger Coffey | A Fine Madness | The Flim-Flam Man |
| 1970s | Loving | Up the Sandbox | S*P*Y*S | The Return of a Man Called Horse | Eyes of Laura Mars |
| 1980s | | Never Say Never Again |
| 1990s | RoboCop 2 |
| Productions | American Perfekt (1999) |
| Television | "Naked City" (1958 - 1963) | "The Rebel (1959-1961) | "Cain's Hundred" (1961-1962) | "Ben Casey" (1961-1966) | "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1963 - 1965) | Raid on Entebbe (1977) | "Amazing Stories" (1985 - 1987) | SeaQuest DSV (1993) |
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