
Person
Murray Lerner
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 8, 1927
- Died
- Sep 2, 2017
- From
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Murray Lerner (May 8, 1927 – September 2, 2017) was an American documentary and experimental film director, best known for his Oscar-winning work on the 1981 documentary feature From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. He earned another nomination in 1968 for the documentary Festival, which featured performances, interviews and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival. He also helmed films featuring Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. Additionally, Lerner wrote, produced and directed episodes of the series NET Journal and produced and helmed the television documentaries Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 and The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival. In 2009, he was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category of best long form music video, for "Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who."
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Festival

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who

Listening to You: The Who Live at the Isle of Wight

Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival

Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
Secrets of the Reef

To Be a Man

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Call It Anything

The Moody Blues: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival

Jethro Tull - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 2005