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Irving Lerner (March 7, 1909, New York City – December 25, 1976, Los Angeles) was an American filmmaker. Biography. Before becoming a filmmaker, Lerner was a research editor for Columbia University's Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, getting his start in film by making documentaries for the anthropology department.
Irving Lerner. Director: Cry of Battle. 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.
- Director, Editor, Producer
- March 7, 1909
- Irving Lerner
- December 25, 1976
Mar 25, 2013 · The highly varied career of Irving Lerner provides a fascinating counterpoint to conventional auteurism. Looking for thematic or visual continuity is a fool’s errand—there’s no singular “Lerner style” linking his work across the decades.
Murder by Contract is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film. Centering on an existentialist hit man assigned to kill a woman, the film is often praised for its spare style and peculiar sense of cool.
Studs Lonigan: Directed by Irving Lerner. With Christopher Knight, Frank Gorshin, Venetia Stevenson, Carolyn Craig. A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.
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- Drama
- Irving Lerner
- 1960-09
Irving Lerner (7 March 1909, New York City - 25 December 1976, Los Angeles) Before becoming a filmmaker, Lerner was a research editor for Columbia University's Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, getting his start in film by making documentaries for the anthropology department.
Irving Lerner, 1909-1976, Early member of Workers Film and Photo League, and film critic for New Masses and New Theatre, left wing journals. He came to filmmaking from studying anthropology at Columbia (along with Margaret Meade) where he made films.
