Irvin Kershner
American film director (1923–2010)
1.67body-of-work score · ranked #583 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 29, 1923 · Philadelphia
- Died
- November 27, 2010 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, actor, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes BackStar Wars: Episode V
1980 · United States · sci-fi, adventure, action
Empire 500 (2008) #3 · Letterboxd Top 250 #65 · National Film Registry (inducted 2010)
1.505 citations - 20.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1958Stakeout on Dope Street
- 1959The Young Captives
- 1961The Hoodlum Priest
- 1963Face in the Rain
- 1964The Luck of Ginger Coffey
- 1966A Fine Madness
- 1967The Flim-Flam Man
- 1970Loving
- 1972Up the Sandbox
- 1974S*P*Y*S
- 1976Raid on Entebbe
- 1976The Return of a Man Called Horse
- 1978Eyes of Laura Mars
- 1980Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
- 1983Never Say Never Again
- 1989Traveling Man
- 1990RoboCop 2