Person
Ted Kotcheff
Directing · 1931–2025 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Casualty
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Play for Today
Director
ITV Playhouse
Director
First Blood
Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Director
Red Shoe Diaries
Director
Espionage
Director
Drama 61-67
Director
Filmography
- 2025SEGALSelf
- 2022Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff VisionHimself
- 2019The PlantersCliff Man / Last 'Hello' Man (voice)
- 2017Erase and ForgetHimself
- 2017Soul of an ArtistSelf
- 2014FearlessDirector
- 2011Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet CinemaSelf
- 2010Barney's VersionTrain Conductor
- 2008Not Quite HollywoodSelf
- 2003Shattered GlassMarty Peretz
- 2002Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
- 2002Guts and GlorySelf
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDirector
- 1999Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex KellyDirector
- 1997Borrowed HeartsDirector
- 1996A Husband, a Wife and a LoverDirector
- 1995The ShooterDirector
- 1995Family of CopsDirector
- 1995Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend PassDirector
- 1994Love on the RunDirector
- 1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's LipstickDirector
- 1992Red Shoe DiariesDirector
- 1992Folks!Director
- 1989Weekend at Bernie'sJack Parker
- 1989Winter PeopleDirector
- 1988Switching ChannelsDirector
- 1986CasualtyDirector
- 1985Joshua Then and NowDirector
- 1983Uncommon ValorDirector
- 1982First BloodDirector
- 1982Split ImageProducer
- 1979North Dallas FortyDirector
- 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Director
- 1977Fun with Dick and JaneDirector
- 1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzDirector
- 1974Billy Two HatsDirector
- 1973Rx for the DefenseDirector
- 1972Who's Afraid of Opera?Director
- 1972Ackerman, Dougall & HarkerDirector
- 1972Lights OutDirector
- 1971Edna: The Inebriate WomanDirector
- 1971Wake in FrightDirector
- 1970Play for TodayDirector
- 1969Two Gentlemen SharingDirector
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirector
- 1968Of Mice and MenDirector
- 1967The Desperate HoursDirector
- 1967ITV PlayhouseDirector
- 1966ABC Stage 67Director
- 1966The Human VoiceDirector
- 1965Life at the TopDirector
- 1963EspionageDirector
- 1963Into the DarkDirector
- 1962The Hard KnockDirector
- 1962Tiara TahitiDirector
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961Drama 61-67Director
- 1960I'll Have You to RememberDirector
- 1960Lena, O My LenaDirector
- 1960After the FuneralDirector
- 1960Where I LiveDirector
- 1959After the ShowDirector
- 1959The Bird, the Bear and the ActressDirector
- 1959Hot Summer NightDirector
- 1958The Greatest Man in the WorldDirector
- 1958Emperor JonesDirector
- 1956Armchair TheatreDirector
- —The Making of 'First Blood'
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