Irvin Kershner was born Isadore Kershner; April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia. He is an American actor and director of film and television. He gained notice early in his career as a filmmaker for directing quirky, independent films, later moving on to films such as The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond adaptation Never Say Never Again, and RoboCop 2. Irvin Kershner was born in Philadelphia in 1923. His artistic and cultural background was a mixture of music and art. The study of music (violin, viola, and composition) was the most important activity of his early years. He attended Temple University's Tyler School of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Later, he went to New York and Provincetown to study with the famous painting teacher Hans Hofmann. He then moved to Los Angeles where he studied photography at the Art Center College of Design. He dead November 27, 2010

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