Murray Lerner

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

Murray Lerner is an 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 (2008)
• 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