Irvin Kershner

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q119348: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Never Say Never Again (1983). Count them as actor (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade Fincher project): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the unmade film) · through Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980), which they directed: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back ⇒ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade Fincher project) (the maker said so: in interviews). In interviews Fincher says he wanted 20,000 Leagues to be his Empire Strikes Back, a dark film that still works for children.
    “I wanted to make my Empire Strikes Back in that I have always found it astonishing how dark Empire Strikes Back is while working as a movie for children.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:22:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

George Lucas: 1 line

  1. unmapped (teacher) · them, directly: Irvin Kershner ⇒ George Lucas (the host's read). Kershner (Zebedee here) taught Lucas at USC and is cited as good with actors.
    “He was George Lucas's, yes, like teacher at USC.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:18:10 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (3) everyone in directing

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (teacher): Irvin Kershner → George Lucas. Kershner (Zebedee here) taught Lucas at USC and is cited as good with actors.
    “He was George Lucas's, yes, like teacher at USC.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:18:10 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Irvin Kershner: Empire Strikes Back director plays Zebedee; hosts digress to the Magic Roundabout's Zebedee and spot the call-out of 'Judith' from the background.
    “Yes, is Irving Kirschner, director of Empire Strikes Back.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:16:58 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)