Ted Kotcheff Biography (1931-)

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

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