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Murray Lerner
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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 …
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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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Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
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The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
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Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
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The Moody Blues: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival
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The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
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The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
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Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
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Jethro Tull - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 2005
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Jethro Tull: Nothing Is Easy - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
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Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue
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Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
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Listening to You: The Who Live at the Isle of Wight
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Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
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Magic Journeys
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From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
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No Poster
Call It Anything
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Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
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Festival
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No Poster
Secrets of the Reef
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To Be a Man
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