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Irving Lerner (1909–1976)

Editor/director Irving Lerner got his start in the film business at Columbia University, where he was a research editor on the school's Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and began making documentaries for the school's anthropology department in the early 1930s. He produced documentaries for the Office of War Information during World War II... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (18 titles)
1971 A Town Called Hell (uncredited)
 
1965-1966 Seaway (TV series)
Over the Falls (1966)
Bonhomme Richard (1965)
Trial by Fire (1965)
 
1963 Mr. Novak (TV series)
He Who Can Does (1963)
 
1963 Cry of Battle
 
1961 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Touch of Evil (1961)
 
1961 King of Diamonds (TV series)
The Wizard of Ice (1961)
 
1960 Studs Lonigan
 
1959 City of Fear
 
1958 Edge of Fury
 
1953 Man Crazy
 
1951 Suicide Attack (documentary)
 
1948 Muscle Beach (documentary short)
 
1947 To Hear Your Banjo Play (short)
 
1943 Swedes in America (documentary short)
 
1941 A Place to Live (documentary short)
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
1975 Hay que matar a B. (co-producer)
 
1972 The Darwin Adventure (co-producer)
 
1971 Bad Man's River (executive producer)
 
1971 Deathwork (associate producer)
 
1967 Custer of the West (executive producer)
 
1956 The Wild Party (supervising producer)
 
1949 C-Man (producer - uncredited)
 
1947 To Hear Your Banjo Play (short) (co-producer)
 
1944 Hymn of the Nations (documentary short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1941 A Place to Live (documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (6 titles)
1978 Mustang: The House That Joe Built (documentary)
 
1976 The River Niger
 
1974 Steppenwolf
 
1960 Spartacus (uncredited)
 
1937 China Strikes Back (documentary short) (unconfirmed)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1975 Hay que matar a B.
Store's Owner (uncredited)
 
1955-1956 On Camera (TV series)
Julie the Jink (1955)
 
1953 Encounter (TV series)
 
1935 Pie in the Sky (short)
 
1971 A Town Called Hell (second unit director)
 
1967 Custer of the West (second unit director: Civil War sequense)
 
1960 Spartacus (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1940 Valley Town (documentary) (second unit director)
 
1939 ...One Third of a Nation... (second unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
1960 The Savage Eye (technical advisor)
 
1958 Anna Lucasta (associate to the director)
 
1958 God's Little Acre (associate to director)
 
1953 Robot Monster (production associate)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (2 titles)
1977 New York, New York (supervising film editor)
 
1973 Executive Action (associate editor)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1957 Men in War (production supervisor)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1942 The Land (documentary) (additional cinematographer, camera operator)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1977 New York, New York (our gratitude and respect to)
 
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Made his first films for the anthropology department of his former alma mater, Columbia University. Taught at the Harry Alan Potamkin Film School, 1933-34. Subsequently directed documentaries for the Rockefeller Foundation's Commisssion on Human Relations. Headed his own film unit at the Office of War Information during World War II... See more »

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