Ted Kotcheff Biography (1931-) (original) (raw)

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Full name, William Theodore Kotcheff; born April 7, 1931, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; married Laifun Chung; children: Thomas, Alexandra. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer, screenwriter, actor

Birth Details

April 7, 1931

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• (As William T. Kotcheff) Tiara Tahiti, Zenith, 1962
• Life at the Top, Columbia, 1965
• Two Gentlemen Sharing, American International, 1969
• Outback (also known as Wake in Fright), United Artists, 1971
• Billy Two Hats (also known as The Lady and the Outlaw), United Artists, 1973
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (also known as L'apprentissage de Duddy Kravitz), Paramount, 1974
• Fun with Dick and Jane, Columbia, 1977
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (also known as Too Many Chefs, Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, Qualcuno sta uccidendo I piu grandi cuochi d'europa, and Die Schlemmerorgie), Warner Bros., 1978
• North Dallas Forty, Paramount, 1979
• First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood), Orion, 1982
• Split Image (also known as Captured), Orion, 1982
• Uncommon Valor, Paramount, 1983
• Joshua Then and Now, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Switching Channels, Tri-Star, 1988
• Weekend at Bernie's (also known as Hot and Cold), TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1989
• Winter People, Columbia, 1989
• Folks!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• The Shooter (also known as Desafio final and Hidden Assassin), 1995
• Film Producer
• Split Image (also known as Captured), Orion, 1982
• The Check Is in the Mail, 1986
• Film Executive Producer
• Uncommon Valor, Paramount, 1983
• Film Production Consultant
• Why Shoot the Teacher, Ambassador-Quartet, 1977
• Film Appearances
• Jack Parker, Weekend at Bernie's (also known as Hot and Cold), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
• Television Work
• Series
• Co-executive producer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 1999
• Television Director
• Movies
• What Are Families For?, 1993
• Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick, 1993
• Family of Cops, 1995
• A Strange Affair (also known as A Husband, a Wife and a Lover), 1996
• Borrowed Hearts (also known as Borrowed Hearts: A Holiday Romance), 1997
• Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly, CBS, 1999
• Episodic
• "After the Funeral," Armchair Theatre, 1960
• Buddy Faro, 1998
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC, 1999
• Specials
• The Desperate Hours, ABC, 1967
• "The Human Voice," ABC Stage 67, ABC, 1967
• Of Mice and Men, ABC, 1968
• Pilots
• Rx for the Defense, ABC, 1973
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Himself, The Making of "First Blood," 1982.
• Stage Work
• Director of London productions of Progress the Park; Play witha Tiger; Luv; Maggie May; The Au Pair Man; and Have You Any Dirty Washing, Mother Dear?. Also worked on a production of Edna the Inebriate Woman, c. 1971.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Frank Yablans and Peter Gent) North Dallas Forty (based on the novel by Gent), Paramount, 1979