Lee H. Katzin

Lee H. Katzin
Born(1935-04-12)April 12, 1935
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedOctober 30, 2002(2002-10-30) (aged 67)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationDirector

Lee H. Katzin (April 12, 1935 – October 30, 2002) was an American film director.

Early life and education

He was born in Detroit, Michigan and became a TV director in the late 1960s for TV shows that included Bonanza, Mission: Impossible and Police Story. He also directed the 1971 feature film Le Mans.

Career

Starting in 1969, he did an array of theatrical films starting with Heaven with a Gun and other films like The Break and the cult classic What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? In 1972, he directed the film The Salzburg Connection, which starred Barry Newman and Anna Karina.[1]

In 1975, he directed the launch episode "Breakaway", and other early episodes, of the Gerry Anderson live-action series Space: 1999. He also directed the pilots for the television series Man from Atlantis and Spenser: For Hire. He was primarily known as a prolific episodic television director, and he worked on series such as MacGyver, Police Story, The Young Riders, and Mission Impossible.

He died of cancer at the age of 67 in 2002 in Beverly Hills, California.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Director Assistant
director 		Notes
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
Television films
Year Title Director Assistant
director 		Notes
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
Television series
Year Title Director Assistant
director 		Notes
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

  1. ^ Greenspun, Roger (2012). "NY Times.com: The Salzburg Connection". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2010.


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