---
name: "Carl Lerner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-lerner"
fi1m_id: "carl-lerner"
imdb_id: "nm0503594"
tmdb_id: 5262
wikidata_id: "Q15448682"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "17 June 1912"
died: "26 August 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:17:42.615783+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carl Lerner

## Identity

Carl Lerner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-lerner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-lerner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0503594
- **TMDB ID:** 5262
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15448682
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lerner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15448682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5262

Editor. Born 17 June 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 26 August 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 17 June 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 26 August 1973
- **Active:** 1957–1971
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 91 (1), 1970s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lerner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15448682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5262

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*12 Angry Men*](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md) (91)
- **Tubi:** [*Klute*](https://film.one/film/klute.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carl Lerner was an American film editor, director and educator. Born in Philadelphia on 17 June 1912, he began in theatre before moving into film editing as an apprentice at Columbia Pictures in the late 1940s. He worked as an assistant editor on films including *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946) and *Red River* (1948).

His editing credits include *Cry Murder* (1950), *Patterns* (1956), *12 Angry Men* (1957), *The Fugitive Kind* (1960), *Requiem for a Heavyweight* (1962), *The Swimmer* (1968), *The Boys in the Band* (1970) and *Klute* (1971). He also directed the feature *Black Like Me* (1964) and the short documentary *American Homes* (1949). Lerner taught film technique at City College, New York University and the School of Visual Arts. He died in New York City on 26 August 1973.

*Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Klute* (1971), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/klute.md)
- *12 Angry Men* (1957), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The First Circle* (1973), Editor
- *Crawlspace* (1972), Editor
- *Klute* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/klute.md)
- *The Angel Levine* (1970), Editor
- *The Boys in the Band* (1970), Editor
- *The Swimmer* (1968), Editor
- *Revolution* (1968), Editor
- *Brown Eye, Evil Eye* (1967), Editor
- *A Man Called Adam* (1966), Editor
- *Black Like Me* (1964), Director, Writer
- *Quick, Let's Get Married* (1964), Editor
- *Smiles* (1964), Actor
- *All the Way Home* (1963), Supervising Editor
- *Greenwich Village Story* (1963), Consulting Editor
- *Requiem for a Heavyweight* (1962), Editor
- *No Exit* (1962), Editor
- *Something Wild* (1961), Editor
- *The Fugitive Kind* (1960), Editor
- *Rosie* (1960), Editor
- *Come Back, Africa* (1959), Editor
- *Middle of the Night* (1959), Editor
- *The Goddess* (1958), Editor
- *Uncle Vanya* (1957), Editor
- *12 Angry Men* (1957), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md)
- *On the Bowery* (1957), Editor
- *A Time for Freedom* (1957), Director, Producer
- *Patterns* (1956), Editor
- *A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp* (1956), Editor
- *The Big Break* (1953), Editor
- *So Young, So Bad* (1950), Editor
- *Cry Murder* (1950), Editor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/carl-lerner