Murray Lerner

Murray Lerner
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer.

Murray Lerner is an Academy Award-winning American documentary and experimental film director and producer.

1967 saw the release of the film Festival. Produced and directed by Lerner, the film was a documentary shot between 1963 and 1966 at the Newport Folk Festival that included performances by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Donovan, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Johnny Cash and Joan Baez. It was nominated for an Academy Award,

Films

• Secrets of the Reef (1956)
• Festival (1967)
  • Documentary about the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-65.
• Sea Dream (1978)
• From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1980)
  • Oscar winner for best documentary. It is about Western culture breaking into the Far East.
• Magic Journeys (1982)
  • Created for the Epcot Center, and was the first 3D motion picture to feature computer generated 3D animation. It also featured a Sherman Brothers title song throughout the duration of the film.
• Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1995)
  • Documentary of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
• Listening To You: The Who At The Isle Of Wight Festival (1996)
• Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight (2002)
• Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004)
• Nothing is Easy: Jethro Tull at the Isle of Wight (2005)
• The Birth Of A Band: Emerson,Lake & Palmer Isle of Wight 1970 (2006)
• Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007)
• The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (2007)
  • Dylan footage from the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-65.
• The Moody Blues: Threshold of a Dream: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2009)
• Leonard Cohen: Live At The Isle of Wight 1970 (2009)

External links

• Murray Lerner on the IMDB
• Interview with Murray Lerner about "Festival" and "The Other Side of the Mirror" from 2008)
• Interview with Murray Lerner about "Leonard Cohen: Live At The Isle of Wight 1970" from October 2009