Irvin Kershner
1923–2010 · American film director
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. Later, he began making high-budget blockbusters such as 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.
Irvin Kershner, in order
- 1958 Stakeout on Dope Street: directed
- 1959 The Young Captives: directed
- 1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series): directed
- 1961 The Hoodlum Priest: directed
- 1963 Face in the Rain: directed
- 1964 The Luck of Ginger Coffey: directed
- 1966 A Fine Madness: directed · critics 33%, audiences 33%
- 1967 The Flim-Flam Man: directed
- 1970 Loving: directed
- 1972 Up the Sandbox: directed
- 1974 S*P*Y*S: directed
- 1976 Raid on Entebbe (TV movie): directed
- 1976 The Return of a Man Called Horse: directed
- 1978 Eyes of Laura Mars: directed
- 1980 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back: directed · critics 93%, audiences 97% · streaming on Disney+, Philo
- 1983 Never Say Never Again: directed
- 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ: acted · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 82%, audiences 84%
- 1989 Traveling Man (TV movie): directed
- 1990 RoboCop 2: directed
- 1994 On Deadly Ground: acted · directed by Steven Seagal
- 1997 American Perfekt: produced · directed by Paul Chart
- 2003 Manhood: acted · directed by Bobby Roth
- 2004 Geeks: acted · directed by Matthew Group
- 2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel: acted · directed by Alex Stapleton · critics 92%, audiences 84% · streaming on Plex, Tubi