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Ted Kotcheff
Canadian film and television director (1931-2025) · Canada · On the map · Directors · Died at 94
William Theodore Kotcheff was a Canadian director and producer of film, television, and theatre. He worked at various times in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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The PlantersFilm, Cliff Man / Last 'Hello' Man (voice)2008
Not Quite HollywoodFilm2002
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years LaterFilm1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries, Director1996
A Husband, a Wife and a LoverFilm, Director1994
Love on the RunFilm, Director1992
Red Shoe DiariesSeries, Director1989
Weekend at Bernie'sFilm, Director1986
CasualtySeries, Director1985
Joshua Then and NowFilm, Director1979
North Dallas FortyFilm, Director, Writer1977
Fun with Dick and JaneFilm, Director1974Golden BearAward1972
Who's Afraid of Opera?Series, Director
Lights OutFilm, 1972Director1970
Play for TodaySeries, Director1969
Two Gentlemen SharingFilm, Director1967
ITV PlayhouseSeries, Director1966
ABC Stage 67Series, Director
The Human VoiceFilm, 1966Director1963
EspionageSeries, Director1962
Tiara TahitiFilm, Director1961Drama 61-67Series, Director1958
Emperor JonesFilm, Director1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Director1931Born7 April 1931People around Ted
George Segal Ted directed Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
David Susskind Produced The Human Voice and The Desperate Hours
Sylvester Stallone Ted directed First Blood and Rambo
James Woods Ted directed Split Image and Joshua Then and Now
Brian Dennehy Ted directed First Blood and Split Image
Jack Warden Ted directed Billy Two Hats (1974)
Robert Morley Ted directed Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1979)
Mordecai Richler Also in Life at the Top (1965)- Harvey Atkin Ted directed Joshua Then and Now (1985)
- Herbert Brodkin Produced Lights Out and Rx for the Defense
- Victor Drai Produced Weekend at Bernie's and Folks!
Bruce Greenwood Ted directed First Blood (1983)
Daniel Baldwin Ted directed A Family of Cops (1995)
Billy Ray Directed Shattered Glass (2003)
Angela Featherstone Ted directed A Family of Cops (1995)
Walter Brooke Ted directed North Dallas Forty (1980)
Sebastian Spence Ted directed A Family of Cops (1995)
Kate Trotter Ted directed Joshua Then and Now (1985)
Madge Ryan Ted directed Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1979)
Gloria Stroock Ted produced Uncommon Valor (1984)
Joe Silver Ted directed The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)- Buzz Feitshans Produced First Blood (1982)
Robert Klane Produced Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Philip Stone Ted directed Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
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First Blood 1982
Wake in Fright 1971
Barney's Version 2010
Shattered Glass 2003
Not Quite Hollywood 2008
Filmography 40
76 credits on file
Television 12
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He was known for having directed such films as the seminal Australian New Wave picture Wake in Fright (1971), the Mordecai Richler adaptations The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) and Joshua Then and Now (1985), the original Rambo film First Blood (1982), and the comedies Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), North Dallas Forty (1979), and Weekend at Bernie's (1989).
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Matt LeBlancAlso in Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick (1993)
Donald PleasenceAlso in Wake in Fright (1971)Roy KinnearAlso in Tiara Tahiti (1962)
Laurence LuckinbillAlso in Lights Out (1972)
Joseph WisemanAlso in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Judith LightAlso in A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996)