Irvin Kershner

Biography

Irvin Kershner (April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010) was an American film director and occasional actor, best known for directing quirky, independent films early in his career, and then Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irvin Kershner , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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Naked City

(1958) Director

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Amazing Stories

(1985) Director

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Ben Casey

(1961) Director

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seaQuest DSV

(1993) Director

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

(1963) Director

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The Rebel

(1959) Director

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Cain's Hundred

(1961) Director

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The Empire Strikes Back

(1980) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	himself	Being and Becoming 2014-05-28 Movie
2011	Self - Filmmaker	Corman's World 2011-12-16 Movie
	Self	A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later 2011-09-16 Movie
2007	Himself	Fog City Mavericks 2007-10-24 Movie
2005	Statistics Professor	Berkeley 2005-10-08 Movie
	Self	Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema 2005-09-13 Movie
2004	Self	When Star Wars Ruled the World 2004-09-18 Movie
	Self	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 2004-09-12 Movie
1998	Self	Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs 1998-01-01 Movie
1997	Self	Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery 1997-02-06 Movie
1995	Mr. Stoff	Angus 1995-09-15 Movie
1994	Walters	On Deadly Ground 1994-02-18 Movie
1988	Zebedee	The Last Temptation of Christ 1988-05-28 Movie
1980	N/A	The Making of The Empire Strikes Back 1980-09-22 Movie
	Himself	Star Wars: Music by John Williams 1980-05-18 Movie
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1997	Producer	American Perfekt 1997-06-11 Movie
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1993	Director	seaQuest DSV 1993-09-12 TV Show
1990	Director	RoboCop 2 1990-06-22 Movie
1989	Director	Traveling Man 1989-06-25 Movie
1985	Director	Amazing Stories 1985-09-29 TV Show
1983	Director	Never Say Never Again 1983-10-07 Movie
1980	Director	The Empire Strikes Back 1980-05-20 Movie
1978	Director	Eyes of Laura Mars 1978-08-02 Movie
1976	Director	Raid on Entebbe 1976-12-26 Movie
	Director	The Return of a Man Called Horse 1976-06-28 Movie
1974	Director	S*P*Y*S 1974-09-05 Movie
1972	Director	Up the Sandbox 1972-12-21 Movie
1970	Director	Loving 1970-03-04 Movie
1967	Director	The Flim-Flam Man 1967-08-22 Movie
1966	Director	A Fine Madness 1966-06-29 Movie
1964	Director	The Luck of Ginger Coffey 1964-09-21 Movie
1963	Director	Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963-10-10 TV Show
	Director	A Face in the Rain 1963-03-31 Movie
1961	Director	Ben Casey 1961-10-02 TV Show
	Director	Cain's Hundred 1961-09-19 TV Show
	Director	The Hoodlum Priest 1961-03-26 Movie
1959	Director	The Rebel 1959-10-04 TV Show
	Director	The Young Captives 1959-02-01 Movie
1958	Director	Naked City 1958-09-30 TV Show
	Director	Stakeout on Dope Street 1958-05-03 Movie
1955	Director	Confidential File: Horror Comics 1955-10-09 Movie
	Director	Confidential File: Barbiturates 1955-01-23 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1958	Screenplay	Stakeout on Dope Street 1958-05-03 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv