Known for Writing
Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors.
Born
August 31, 1918
Died
June 14, 1986 (age 67)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, U.S.
Filmography
39 films, 5 shows


The Little Prince
1974 · 1h 28m · UK
After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up stories of journeys through the solar system for the stranded aviator.


On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · 2h 9m · US
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.


Paint Your Wagon
1969 · 2h 44m · US
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.


Camelot
1967 · 3h · US
The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.


Eliza Doolittle
1966 · 1h 16m · SU
A musical TV play based on the musical "My Fair Lady" by A.J. Lerner with music by F.Lowe, based on Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion". The ballet master of the TV play is Kirill Laskari.


My Fair Lady
1964 · 2h 53m · US
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.


Gigi
1958 · 1h 55m · US
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.


Brigadoon
1954 · 1h 48m · US
Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.


An American in Paris
1951 · 1h 53m · US
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.


Royal Wedding
1951 · 1h 33m · US
A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.