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Irvin Kershner - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

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April 29, 1923 - November 27, 2010 - American film director, actor and producer.

Since childhood, Irwin Kershner learned to play the stringed instruments, and later became involved in painting and photography. Taught photographic skill at the California School of the Arts. Studied at Drexel Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, Tyler School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California Arts Center. He was attracted to cinema by the famous film of the Russian director Sergei Eisenstein "Alexander Nevsky".

After completing film courses, he became a documentary filmmaker. Kershner began his career with the American Information Service and made his first feature film in 1958. George Lucas invited him to shoot one of the parts of "Star Wars" and, at his insistent requests, Irwin Kershner became the director of the second film in the saga "The Empire Strikes Back". In 1983, he directed the film from the James Bond series Never Say Never, in which he returned Sean Connery to the role. In 1988 he made his debut as a film actor in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ.

In the 2000s, the director returned to photography and tried to work on two film projects. His most recent work was the television series SeaQuest 2032. He taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California.


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