Lee H. Katzin
Lee H. Katzin | |
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Born | Detroit,Michigan, U.S. | April 12, 1935
Died | October 30, 2002 Beverly Hills,California, U.S. | (aged 67)
Occupation | Director |
Lee H. Katzin(April 12, 1935 – October 30, 2002) was an American film director.
Early life and education[edit]
He was born in Detroit, Michigan and became a TV director in the late 1960s for TV shows that includedBonanza,Mission: ImpossibleandPolice Story.He also directed the 1971 feature filmLe Mans.
Career[edit]
Starting in 1969, he did an array of theatrical films starting withHeaven with a Gunand other films likeThe Breakand the cult classicWhat Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?In 1972, he directed the filmThe Salzburg Connection,which starredBarry NewmanandAnna Karina.[1]
In 1975, he directed the launch episode "Breakaway",and other early episodes, of theGerry Andersonlive-action seriesSpace: 1999.He also directed the pilots for the television seriesMan from AtlantisandSpenser: For Hire.He was primarily known as a prolific episodic television director, and he worked on series such asMacGyver,Police Story,The Young Riders,andMission Impossible.
He died of cancer at the age of 67 in 2002 in Beverly Hills, California.
Filmography[edit]
Year | Title | Director | Assistant director |
Notes |
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1961 | Five Bold Women | No | No | Production coordinator |
1961 | Three Blondes in His Life | No | Yes | |
1966 | Ride Beyond Vengeance | No | Yes | |
1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Yes | No | |
1969 | What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? | Yes | No | |
1970 | The Phynx | Yes | No | |
1971 | Le Mans | Yes | No | |
1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Yes | No | |
1987 | World Gone Wild | Yes | No | |
1995 | The Break | Yes | No | |
1999 | Restraining Order | Yes | No |
Year | Title | Director | Assistant director |
Notes |
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1961 | Las Vegas Beat | No | No | Second unit assistant |
1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | No | Yes | |
1967 | Hondo and the Apaches | Yes | No | |
1970 | Along Came a Spider | Yes | No | |
1972 | Visions... | Yes | No | |
1973 | Voyage of the Yes | Yes | No | |
1973 | The Stranger | Yes | No | |
1973 | Ordeal | Yes | No | |
1974 | Savages | Yes | No | |
1974 | Strange Homecoming | Yes | No | |
1975 | The Last Survivors | Yes | No | |
1975 | Sky Heist | Yes | No | |
1976 | The Quest | Yes | No | |
1976 | Alien Attack | Yes | No | |
1977 | Relentless | Yes | No | |
1977 | McLaren's Riders | Yes | No | |
1978 | Zuma Beach | Yes | No | |
1978 | Terror Out of the Sky | Yes | No | |
1979 | Samurai | Yes | No | |
1980 | Death Ray 2000 | Yes | No | |
1980 | Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop | Yes | No | |
1981 | Hardcase | Yes | No | |
1982 | The Neighborhood | Yes | No | |
1982 | Journey Through the Black Sun | Yes | No | |
1983 | Emergency Room | Yes | No | |
1985 | The Eagle and the Bear | Yes | No | |
1985 | The Adventures of Alexander Hawkins | Yes | No | |
1985 | Soloman's Universe | Yes | No | |
1987 | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Yes | No | |
1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Yes | No | |
1989 | Jake Spanner, Private Eye | Yes | No |
Year | Title | Director | Assistant director |
Notes |
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1961 | The Rebel | No | Yes | Season 2 (8 episodes) |
1963 | Stoney Burke | No | Yes | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
1963 | The Outer Limits | No | Yes | Season 1 (9 episodes) |
1964–65 | Rawhide | No | Yes | Season 7 (13 episodes) |
1965 | Branded | Yes | Yes | Season 1–2 (8 episodes)(AD);Season 2 (6 episodes)(D) |
1965 | The Patty Duke Show | No | Yes | Season 3 (1 episode) |
1966 | The Wild Wild West | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
1966 | No | No | Unit production manager – Season 2 (7 episodes) | |
1966–67 | The Rat Patrol | Yes | No | Season 1 (7 episodes) |
1967 | The Felony Squad | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
1967–68 | Mission: Impossible | Yes | No | Season 1–3 (11 episodes) |
1967 | Hondo | Yes | No | Season 1 (4 episodes) |
1967 | Mannix | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1968 | It Takes a Thief | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1968 | The Mod Squad | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
1970 | Storefront Lawyers | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1974 | McMillan & Wife | Yes | No | Season 3 (1 episode) |
1975 | Space: 1999 | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
1975–80 | Police Story | Yes | No | Season 3, 5–6 (5 episodes) |
1977 | Man from Atlantis | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1978 | The Bastard | Yes | No | Miniseries |
1982 | McClain's Law | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episodes) |
1982 | Chicago Story | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1982 | CHiPs | Yes | No | Season 5 (1 episode) |
1982 | The Devlin Connection | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1983 | The Mississippi | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
1983 | Automan | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1983–84 | The Yellow Rose | Yes | No | Season 1 (10 episodes) |
1984 | Partners in Crime | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1984 | Miami Vice | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1985 | MacGyver | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1985 | No | No | Opening gambit director – Season 1 (4 episodes) | |
1988–89 | In the Heat of the Night | Yes | No | Season 2 (3 episodes) |
1989–92 | The Young Riders | Yes | No | Season 1, 3 (6 episodes) |
1990 | The Outsiders | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1991 | The Exile | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1991 | P.S. I Luv U | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
1993 | Raven | Yes | No | Season 2 (1 episode) |
1994 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Yes | No | Season 2 (1 episode) |
1994 | Renegade | Yes | No | Season 3 (1 episode) |
1994 | Fortune Hunter | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
References[edit]
- ^Greenspun, Roger (2012)."NY Times: The Salzburg Connection".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.Archived fromthe originalon October 26, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 30,2010.
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