Cast & creator
Carl Lerner
Best known for 12 Angry Men, Klute, The Swimmer
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.
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1950–1973 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (33)
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12 Angry Men
Editor
1957
Klute
Editor
1971
The Swimmer
Editor
1968
The Fugitive Kind
Editor
1960
Middle of the Night
Editor
1959
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Editor
1962
A Man Called Adam
Editor
1966
The Boys in the Band
Editor
1970
Quick, Let's Get Married
Editor
1964
Something Wild
Editor
1961
All the Way Home
Supervising Editor
1963
Uncle Vanya
Editor
1957
Crawlspace
Editor
1972
The Goddess
Editor
1958
Patterns
Editor
1956
The Angel Levine
Editor
1970
Smiles
1964
So Young, So Bad
Editor
1950
Come Back, Africa
Editor
1959
Brown Eye, Evil Eye
Editor
1967
Black Like Me
Director
1964Black Like Me
Writer
1964
The Big Break
Editor
1953
The First Circle
Editor
1973
A Time for Freedom
Director
1957A Time for Freedom
Producer
1957
On the Bowery
Editor
1957
No Exit
Editor
1962
Greenwich Village Story
Consulting Editor
1963
A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp
Editor
1956
Revolution
Editor
1968
Rosie
Editor
1960
Cry Murder
Editor
1950