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Ted Kotcheff

Known for directing · Born 7 April 1931 · Died 10 April 2025 · aged 94 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ted Kotcheff (April 7, 1931 – April 10, 2025), sometimes credited as William Kotcheff or William T. Kotcheff, was a Canadian film and television director, who is well known for his work on several high-profile British television productions and as a director of films such as First Blood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Kotcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

First Blood

1982

Weekend at Bernie's

1989

Wake in Fright

1971

Uncommon Valor

1983

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978

Casualty

1986

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977

North Dallas Forty

1979

Switching Channels

1988

Borrowed Hearts

1997

Armchair Theatre

1956

Acting (14)

2025SEGALSelfFilm
2022Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff VisionHimselfFilm
2019The PlantersCliff Man / Last 'Hello' Man (voice)Film
2017Erase and ForgetHimselfFilm
2017Soul of an ArtistSelfFilm
2011Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet CinemaSelfFilm
2010Barney's VersionTrain ConductorFilm
2008Not Quite HollywoodSelfFilm
2003Shattered GlassMarty PeretzFilm
2002Drawing First Blood: 20 Years LaterFilm
2002Guts and GlorySelfFilm
1989Weekend at Bernie'sJack ParkerFilm
1982The Making of 'First Blood'SelfFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries

Directing (57)

2017Soul of an ArtistDirectorFilm
2014FearlessDirectorFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDirector, Co-Executive ProducerSeries
1999Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex KellyDirectorFilm
1997Borrowed HeartsDirectorFilm
1996A Husband, a Wife and a LoverDirectorFilm
1995The ShooterDirectorFilm
1995Family of CopsDirectorFilm
1995Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend PassDirectorFilm
1994Love on the RunDirectorFilm
1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's LipstickDirectorFilm
1992Folks!DirectorFilm
1992Red Shoe DiariesDirectorSeries
1989Weekend at Bernie'sDirectorFilm
1989Winter PeopleDirectorFilm
1988Switching ChannelsDirectorFilm
1986CasualtyDirectorSeries
1985Joshua Then and NowDirectorFilm
1983Uncommon ValorDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
1982First BloodDirectorFilm
1982Split ImageDirector, ProducerFilm
1979North Dallas FortyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?DirectorFilm
1977Fun with Dick and JaneDirectorFilm
1974Billy Two HatsDirectorFilm
1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzDirectorFilm
1973Rx for the DefenseDirectorFilm
1972Lights OutDirectorFilm
1972Ackerman, Dougall & HarkerDirectorFilm
1972Who's Afraid of Opera?DirectorSeries
1971Wake in FrightDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1971Edna: The Inebriate WomanDirectorFilm
1970Play for TodayDirectorSeries
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirectorSeries
1969Two Gentlemen SharingDirectorFilm
1968Of Mice and MenDirectorFilm
1967ITV PlayhouseDirectorSeries
1967The Desperate HoursDirectorFilm
1966The Human VoiceDirectorFilm
1966ABC Stage 67DirectorSeries
1965Life at the TopDirectorFilm
1964The Trial of Dr. FancyDirectorFilm
1963EspionageDirectorSeries
1963Into the DarkDirectorFilm
1962Tiara TahitiDirectorFilm
1962The Hard KnockDirectorFilm
1961Drama 61-67DirectorSeries
1960Lena, O My LenaDirectorFilm
1960After the FuneralDirectorFilm
1960Where I LiveDirectorFilm
1960I'll Have You to RememberDirectorFilm
1959Hot Summer NightDirectorFilm
1959After the ShowDirectorFilm
1959The Bird, the Bear and the ActressDirectorFilm
1958The Greatest Man in the WorldDirectorFilm
1958Emperor JonesDirectorFilm
1956Armchair TheatreDirectorSeries