Irvin Kershner (1923–2010)


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Irvin Kershner was born on April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Southern California film school, Kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for the United States Information Service in the Middle East. He later turned to television, directing and photographing a series of documentaries ... See full bio »

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(1980)
RoboCop 2 Director
(1990)
(1994)

Filmography

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 1993 Sea Quest (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1990 RoboCop 2
 1989 Tien päällä (TV Movie)
 1986 Hämmästyttävät tarinat (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Hell Toupee (1986)
 1980 Imperiumin vastaisku (directed by)
 1976 Kotkat hyökkäävät (TV Movie)
 1970 Rakkautta
 1966 Ihana hulluus
 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1962-1963 Alaston kaupunki (TV Series) (2 episodes)
 1961 Tohtori Ben Casey (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1961 Cain's Hundred (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Degrees of Guilt (1961)
 1959-1961 The Rebel (TV Series) (35 episodes)
- Helping Hand (1961)
- The Pit (1961)
- The Threat (1961)
- The Actress (1961)
 1960 The Yank (TV Movie)
 1959 Philip Marlowe (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Hunger (1959)
 1958 Now Is Tomorrow (TV Movie)
 1953-1958 Confidential File (TV Series) (12 episodes)
- Mambo (1955)
- Religious Quakes (1955)
- Mambo (1955)
 1950 Childbirth (Documentary short)
 1950 Locust Plague (Documentary short)
 1950 Malaria (Documentary short)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1960-61) Unsold pilot: Directed a pilot for a western series about a surgeon wandering the West after the Civil War, called "The Yank", starring James Drury (another pilot for the series was made in 1961).

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Alternate Names:

Irv Kershner

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on RoboCop 2 (1990)] I saw RoboCop (1987) twice. I saw it when it first came out and then I ran it once on cassette and that was it. I never wanted to see it again. I felt that what I remembered, the residual memory, was enough. I wanted a different style of shooting. I wanted the character to go further than they did the first time. I was working towards an emotional base that would be true to ... See more »

Trivia:

To date (2010), only American to direct a James Bond movie--Älä kieltäydy kahdesti (1983)--though the film itself is technically not considered a "true" Bond film. Kershner first directed Sean Connery in Ihana hulluus (1966) 17 years earlier. See more »

Trademark:

Sometimes shows a character getting his own hand cut off (e.g. Imperiumin vastaisku (1980) and RoboCop 2 (1990)). See more »

Nickname:

Kersh

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