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