Irvin Kershner

Born on April 29, 1923· Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

† Died on November 27, 2010

28Filmography★ 6.3Average rating

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 S… Read more

Known for

The Empire Strikes Back1980RoboCop 21990Never Say Never Again1983Eyes of Laura Mars1978

Filmography

YearRating

Features 25

SeaQuest DSV1993

Series★ 7.1

seaQuest DSV1993

★ 6

RoboCop 21990

★ 4

Traveling Man1989

Series★ 7.5

Amazing Stories1985

★ 6.1

Never Say Never Again1983

★ 8.4

The Empire Strikes Back1980

★ 5.8

Eyes of Laura Mars1978

★ 6

Raid on Entebbe1976

★ 5.7

The Return of a Man Called Horse1976

★ 5.2

S*P*Y*S1974

★ 5.9

Up the Sandbox1972

★ 6

Loving1970

★ 7

The Flim-Flam Man1967

★ 5

A Fine Madness1966

★ 6.8

The Luck of Ginger Coffey1964

★ 8.5

A Face in the Rain1963

Series★ 6.5

Kraft Suspense Theatre1963

★ 5.9

The Hoodlum Priest1961

Series★ 5.2

Cain's Hundred1961

Series★ 5.9

Ben Casey1961

★ 7

The Young Captives1959

Series★ 5.1

The Rebel1959

★ 6.6

Stakeout on Dope Street1958

Series★ 5.7

Naked City1958

Short films 3

Confidential File: Horror Comics1955

Confidential File: Barbiturates1955

Confidential File: Barbiturates1955

★ 7.5

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