Editing

Carl Lerner

Born June 17, 1912 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died August 26, 1973 · aged 61

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 th…

Known For

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men · 1957

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Klute

MovieThrillerCrime

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band · 1970

The Boys in the Band

Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, an unexpected guest shows up, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and dormant and unspoken emotions are unleashed.

The Swimmer

The Swimmer · 1968

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Requiem for a Heavyweight · 1962

Requiem for a Heavyweight

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind · 1960

The Fugitive Kind

MovieRomanceDrama

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night · 1959

Middle of the Night

MovieDramaRomance

Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.

Something Wild

Something Wild · 1961

A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.

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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men · 1957

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Editor

Klute

MovieThrillerCrime

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

Editor

The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band · 1970

The Boys in the Band

Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, an unexpected guest shows up, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and dormant and unspoken emotions are unleashed.

Editor

The Swimmer

The Swimmer · 1968

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

Editor

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Requiem for a Heavyweight · 1962

Requiem for a Heavyweight

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

Editor

The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind · 1960

The Fugitive Kind

MovieRomanceDrama

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

Editor

Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night · 1959

Middle of the Night

MovieDramaRomance

Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.

Editor

Something Wild

Something Wild · 1961

A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.

Editor

Quick, Let's Get Married

Quick, Let's Get Married · 1964

Quick, Let's Get Married

MovieDramaComedy

Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.

Editor

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya · 1957

A country doctor (Franchot Tone) loves but cannot have a professor's wife (Clarence Derwent) in Chekhov's play set in czarist Russia.

Editor

A Man Called Adam

A Man Called Adam · 1966

A Man Called Adam

MovieMusicDrama

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

Editor

Smiles

A short film by John G. Avildsen.

Crawlspace

Crawlspace · 1972

MovieHorrorThriller

A childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.

Editor

The Goddess

The Goddess · 1958

A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.

Editor

Come Back, Africa

Come Back, Africa · 1959

Come Back, Africa

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

Editor

No Exit

No Exit · 1962

The Valet enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin in tow. The windowless room has a single entrance and no mirrors. Two women, Inès Serrano and Estelle Rigault, are then led in; afterwards, the Valet leaves and locks the door. Realising that they are in hell, the trio expects to be tortured; however, no torturer is forthcoming. While waiting, they strike up a conversation and discuss each other's sins, desires, and unpleasant memories. Adaptation of the play by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Editor

Patterns

Patterns · 1956

To eliminate internal opposition, a cruel CEO sabotages and humiliates a good-natured executive in an effort to force his resignation — and make the reticent new hire his new yes man.

Editor

A Time for Freedom

A Time for Freedom · 1957

A Time for Freedom

MovieDocumentary

This documentary features footage from the "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom," a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957. It also includes interviews with attendees, and scenes from the Montgomery bus boycott, Harlem, New York, and segregated areas in the South.

Director

All the Way Home

All the Way Home · 1963

All the Way Home

In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly rise up from the ashes to face the hope of renewed life.

Supervising Editor

Black Like Me

Black Like Me · 1964

Black Like Me is the true account of journalist and author John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.

Director

The First Circle

The First Circle · 1973

The First Circle

The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Editor

The Angel Levine

The Angel Levine · 1970

The Angel Levine

Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?

Editor

On the Bowery

On the Bowery · 1957

MovieDocumentaryDrama

A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.

Editor

So Young, So Bad

So Young, So Bad · 1950

So Young, So Bad

Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the inmates. Oblivious to the sadistic treatment of the girls by the matrons, it takes a rebellious girl named Loretta to open his eyes. Assisted by a female staff member, Jason finally gets proof of the abuse and threatens the head of the school with exposure unless he is given full rein to run things.

Editor