Ted Kotcheff

ActorDirectorProductionProducerWriter Apr 7 (died age 94) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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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

Film

First Blood

Director

Film

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Co-Executive Producer

Film

Weekend at Bernie's

Jack Parker

Film

Barney's Version

Train Conductor

Film

Shattered Glass

Marty Peretz

Film

Wake in Fright

Director

Film

Uncommon Valor

Director

Film

Not Quite Hollywood

Self

Filmography

Acting (12)

Movies (11)

SEGAL

2025

as Self

Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff Vision

2022

as Himself

The Planters

2019

as Cliff Man / Last 'Hello' Man (voice)

Erase and Forget

as Himself

Soul of an Artist

as Self

Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema

2011

as Self

Barney's Version

as Train Conductor

Not Quite Hollywood

as Self

Shattered Glass

as Marty Peretz

Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

Weekend at Bernie's

as Jack Parker

Television (1)

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

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Crew (59)

Movies (49)

Soul of an Artist

2017

Director

Fearless

2014

Director

Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

Director

Borrowed Hearts

Director

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

Director

Family of Cops

Director

The Shooter

Director

Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

1995

Director

Love on the Run

1994

Director

Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

Director

Folks!

Director

Weekend at Bernie's

Director

Winter People

Director

Switching Channels

Director

Joshua Then and Now

Director

Uncommon Valor

Director

Uncommon Valor

Executive Producer

First Blood

Director

Split Image

Director

Split Image

Producer

North Dallas Forty

Director

North Dallas Forty

Screenplay

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978

Director

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Fun with Dick and Jane

1977

Director

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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Director

Billy Two Hats

Director

Rx for the Defense

Director

Lights Out

1972

Director

6.0

Ackerman, Dougall & Harker

1972

Director

Wake in Fright

1971

Director

7.2

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

1971

Director

Two Gentlemen Sharing

Director

Of Mice and Men

Director

The Desperate Hours

Director

The Human Voice

Director

Life at the Top

Director

The Trial of Dr. Fancy

1964

Director

Into the Dark

1963

Director

Tiara Tahiti

1962

Director

6.0

The Hard Knock

1962

Director

I'll Have You to Remember

1960

Director

Lena, O My Lena

1960

Director

Where I Live

1960

Director

After the Funeral

1960

Director

After the Show

1959

Director

Hot Summer Night

1959

Director

The Bird, the Bear and the Actress

1959

Director

The Greatest Man in the World

1958

Director

Emperor Jones

1958

Director

Television (10)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Co-Executive Producer

7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Director

7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Executive Producer

Red Shoe Diaries

Director

Casualty

Director

Play for Today

Director

ABC Stage 67

Director

Espionage

Director

Drama 61-67

1961

Director

Armchair Theatre

1956

Director

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