About

Known credits:
39
Birthday:
1935-04-12
Place of birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Website:
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Lee H. Katzin

Overview

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

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.

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.

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.

Known for

Acting
2015 Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair

Directing
1999 Restraining Order Directing Director 58
Average
1995 The Break Directing Director 59
Average
1989 Hoodwinked Directing Director 59
Average
1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission Directing Director 58
Average
1987 World Gone Wild Directing Director 58
Average
1987 The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission Directing Director 58
Average
1985 The Eagle and The Bear Directing Director N/A
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1983 Emergency Room Directing Director N/A
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1982 Journey Through the Black Sun Directing Director 59
Average
1982 The Neighborhood Directing Director N/A
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1981 Death Ray 2000 Directing Director N/A
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1980 Alien Attack Directing Director 58
Average
1980 Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop Directing Director 58
Average
1979 Samurai Directing Director N/A
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1978 Terror Out of the Sky Directing Director 58
Average
1978 Zuma Beach Directing Director 58
Average
1978 The Bastard Directing Director 59
Average
1977 Relentless Directing Director 58
Average
1977 Man From Atlantis Directing Director N/A
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1976 The Quest Directing Director 58
Average
1975 Sky Heist Directing Director 58
Average
1975 The Last Survivors Directing Director 59
Average
1975 Space 1999 Directing Director 59
Average
1974 Strange Homecoming Directing Director 58
Average
1974 Savages Directing Director 59
Average
1973 Ordeal Directing Director 58
Average
1973 The Stranger Directing Director 58
Average
1973 Voyage of the Yes Directing Director N/A
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1972 Visions... Directing Director N/A
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1972 The Salzburg Connection Directing Director 59
Average
1971 Le Mans Directing Director 61
Fair
1970 The Phynx Directing Director 58
Average
1970 Along Came a Spider Directing Director 59
Average
1969 What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? Directing Director 59
Average
1969 Heaven with a Gun Directing Director 58
Average
1967 Hondo and the Apaches Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1961 Three Blondes In His Life Directing Assistant Director 58
Average