About

Known credits:
33
Birthday:
1912-06-17
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Website:
N/A

Carl Lerner

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1964 Smiles Actor N/A
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Directing
1964 Black Like Me Directing Director 59
Average
1957 A Time for Freedom Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1964 Black Like Me Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1957 A Time for Freedom Production Producer N/A
N/A

Editing
1973 The First Circle Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1972 Crawlspace Editing Editor 58
Average
1971 Klute Editing Editor 62
Fair
1970 The Angel Levine Editing Editor 59
Average
1970 The Boys in the Band Editing Editor 60
Fair
1968 The Swimmer Editing Editor 63
Fair
1968 Revolution Editing Editor 58
Average
1967 Brown Eye, Evil Eye Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1966 A Man Called Adam Editing Editor 58
Average
1964 The Confession Editing Editor 58
Average
1963 All the Way Home Editing Supervising Editor 59
Average
1963 Greenwich Village Story Editing Consulting Editor 58
Average
1962 Requiem for a Heavyweight Editing Editor 60
Fair
1962 No Exit Editing Editor 58
Average
1961 Something Wild Editing Editor 58
Average
1960 The Fugitive Kind Editing Editor 60
Fair
1960 Rosie Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1959 Come Back, Africa Editing Editor 58
Average
1959 Middle of the Night Editing Editor 59
Average
1958 The Goddess Editing Editor 58
Average
1957 Uncle Vanya Editing Editor 59
Average
1957 12 Angry Men Editing Editor 84
Very good
1957 On the Bowery Editing Editor 59
Average
1956 Patterns Editing Editor 59
Average
1956 A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1953 The Big Break Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1950 So Young, So Bad Editing Editor 58
Average
1950 Cry Murder Editing Editor 58
Average