Carl Lerner

Known for EditingBorn 1912-06-17Died 1973-08-26Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

12 Angry Men

Brown Eye, Evil Eye

The Big Break

The Swimmer

Patterns

Requiem for a Heavyweight

The Boys in the Band

Greenwich Village Story

Middle of the Night

Uncle Vanya

Klute

The Fugitive Kind

All the Way Home

Come Back, Africa

On the Bowery

The First Circle

A Man Called Adam

Black Like Me

Something Wild

The Goddess

Crawlspace

The Angel Levine

So Young, So Bad

Revolution

No Exit

Cry Murder

Quick, Let's Get Married

Rosie

Smiles

A Time for Freedom

A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp