RIP: Irvin Kershner (1923-2010)
Irvin Kershner, a versatile movie director best known for "The Empire Strikes Back," the acclaimed 1980 sequel to George Lucas' blockbuster " Star Wars," has died. He was 87.
Kershner, who taught screenwriting at USC in more recent years, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles after a 3 1/2-year battle with lung cancer, his family said.
A former documentarian whose more than 40-year career included work in television, Kershner earned his first credit as a feature film director for the low-budget 1958 crime drama "Stakeout on Dope Street."
He went on to direct 14 other feature films, including "The Hoodlum Priest," "The Luck of Ginger Coffey," "A Fine Madness," "The Flim-Flam Man," "Loving," "Up the Sandbox," "The Return of a Man Called Horse," "Eyes of Laura Mars," the James Bond film "Never Say Never Again" and "RoboCop 2."
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-irvin-kershner-20101130,0,1523496.story
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Irvin Kershner, a versatile movie director best known for "The Empire Strikes Back," the acclaimed 1980 sequel to George Lucas' blockbuster " Star Wars," has died. He was 87.
Kershner, who taught screenwriting at USC in more recent years, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles after a 3 1/2-year battle with lung cancer, his family said.
A former documentarian whose more than 40-year career included work in television, Kershner earned his first credit as a feature film director for the low-budget 1958 crime drama "Stakeout on Dope Street."
He went on to direct 14 other feature films, including "The Hoodlum Priest," "The Luck of Ginger Coffey," "A Fine Madness," "The Flim-Flam Man," "Loving," "Up the Sandbox," "The Return of a Man Called Horse," "Eyes of Laura Mars," the James Bond film "Never Say Never Again" and "RoboCop 2."
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-irvin-kershner-20101130,0,1523496.story
