Director Irvin Kershner died this Saturday in Los Angeles. Kershner, 87, was probably best known for directing the second–and darkest–film in the original Star Wars trilogy.
Kershner was already a fairly well-known name before taking the Star Wars directing mantle from George Lucas. After graduating from the University of Southern California film school in the 50s, Kershner broke into director via government serials in the Middle East.
In 1958, he directed the pulpy Stakeout on Dope Street for Roger Corman, going on to shoot films starting the likes of George C. Scott, Sean Connery, and Faye Dunaway, and receiving an Emmy nod for a 1976 TV movie.
Post-Empire, Kershner directed a number of other big budget films, including Robocop 2 and the 1983 bond movie, Never Say Never Again.
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