Carl Lerner

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-06-17 (61 years old)

Deathday

1973-08-26

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Carl Lerner

Biography

Carl Lerner was an American director screenwriter, actor, and editor. He started his career as an actor with theater companies in New York. In 1950 he joined as editor in Columbia Studios and debuted his first film Cry Murder. He directed his first documentary film American Homes in 1949. He is known for his works in movies such as Twelve Angry Men (1957), The Fugitive Kind (1959) and Middle of the Night (1959). Mr. Lerner taught film technique at City College, New York University, the School of Visual Arts, and other institutions, and had written many articles on the subject. He died on August 26, 1973 at the age of 61 in New York, USA.

Acting

1964

Production

1957

12 Angry Men

as Editor

1971

Klute

as Editor

1958

The Goddess

as Editor

1973

1964

Black Like Me

as Director

1959

1950

Cry Murder

as Editor

1953

The Big Break

as Editor

1957

On the Bowery

as Editor

1967

1968

Revolution

as Editor

1964

1960

1957

Uncle Vanya

as Editor

1963

Greenwich Village Story

as Consulting Editor

1963

All the Way Home

as Supervising Editor

1960

Rosie

as Editor

1972

Crawlspace

as Editor

1961

1964

Black Like Me

as Writer

1956

Patterns

as Editor

1966

1970

1968

The Swimmer

as Editor

1962

No Exit

as Editor

1950

1959

1957

1957

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