Irvin Kershner
American film director (1923-2010) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 87
Irvin Kershner 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.
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Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed CinemaFilm2003
ManhoodFilm, Gentleman1995
AngusFilm, Mr. Stoff1993
seaQuest DSVSeries, Director
SeaQuest DSVFilm, 1993Director1989
Traveling ManFilm, Director1985
Amazing StoriesSeries, Director1983
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaFilm1981Hugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAwardSaturn Award for Best DirectorAward1978
Eyes of Laura MarsFilm, Director1974
Spécial cinémaSeries
S*P*Y*SFilm, 1974Director1971Film '72Series1967
OmnibusSeries
The Flim-Flam ManFilm, 1967Director1964
The Luck of Ginger CoffeyFilm, Director1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries, Director1961
Ben CaseySeries, Director
Cain's HundredSeries, 1961Director
The Hoodlum PriestFilm, 1961Director1959
The RebelSeries, Director1958
Naked CitySeries, Director
Now Is TomorrowFilm, 1958Director1923Born29 April 1923People around Irvin
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Harrison Ford Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Carrie Fisher Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Alec Guinness Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Mark Hamill Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Frank Oz Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Peter Mayhew Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Anthony Daniels Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
David Prowse Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Billy Dee Williams Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Kenny Baker Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Clive Revill Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Sean Connery Irvin directed Never Say Never Again (1983)
Ian McDiarmid Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Geoffrey Lewis Irvin directed The Return of a Man Called Horse (1983)
Robert Chartoff Produced Up the Sandbox and S*P*Y*S- Christopher Malcolm Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
George C. Scott Irvin directed The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Julian Glover Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Jeremy Bulloch Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Kenneth Colley Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Michael Sheard Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Bobby Roth Directed Manhood (2003)- Jack Purvis Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
John Hollis Irvin directed Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Known for
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The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 2004
The Last Temptation of Christ 1988
Corman's World 2011
Angus 1995
Filmography 40
56 credits on file
Television 10
Awards
About this person
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.
