- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 12, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- October 30, 2002
Lee H. Katzin
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 Sto…
Filmography
movieSteve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieRestraining Order
1999 · Director
movieThe Break
1995 · Director
tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Director
tvRaven
1992 · Director
tvP.S. I Luv U
1991 · Director
tvThe Outsiders
1990 · Director
movieHoodwinked
1989 · Director
tvThe Young Riders
1989 · Director
movieThe Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988 · Director
tvIn the Heat of the Night
1988 · Director
movieWorld Gone Wild
1987 · Director
movieThe Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987 · Director
tvMacGyver
1985 · Director
tvSpenser: For Hire
1985 · Director
The Eagle and The Bear
movieThe Eagle and The Bear
1985 · Director
tvPartners in Crime
1984 · Director
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Director
tvAutoman
1983 · Director
tvThe Yellow Rose
1983 · Director
movieEmergency Room
1983 · Director
tvThe Mississippi
1983 · Director
tvThe Devlin Connection
1982 · Director
movieJourney Through the Black Sun
1982 · Director
movieThe Neighborhood
1982 · Director
tvChicago Story
1982 · Director
tvMcClain's Law
1981 · Director
movieDeath Ray 2000
1981 · Director
movieAlien Attack
1980 · Director
moviePolice Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980 · Director
movieSamurai
1979 · Director
movieTerror Out of the Sky
1978 · Director
movieZuma Beach
1978 · Director
tvThe Bastard
1978 · Director
tvCHiPs
1977 · Director
movieRelentless
1977 · Director
movieMan from Atlantis
1977 · Director
movieThe Quest
1976 · Director
tvThe Quest
1976 · Director
tvSpace: 1999
1975 · Director
movieSky Hei$t
1975 · Director
movieThe Last Survivors
1975 · Director
movieSpace: 1999
1975 · Director
Strange Homecoming
movieStrange Homecoming
1974 · Director
movieSavages
1974 · Director
movieOrdeal
1973 · Director
tvPolice Story
1973 · Director
movieThe Stranger
1973 · Director
movieVoyage of the Yes
1973 · Director
movieVisions...
1972 · Director
movieThe Salzburg Connection
1972 · Director
tvMcMillan & Wife
1971 · Director
movieLe Mans
1971 · Director
movieThe Phynx
1970 · Director
movieAlong Came a Spider
1970 · Director
movieWhat Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969 · Director
movieHeaven with a Gun
1969 · Director
tvThe Mod Squad
1968 · Director
movieMission: Impossible - The Slave
1967 · Director
tvMannix
1967 · Director
movieHondo and the Apaches
1967 · Director
tvHondo
1967 · Director
tvMission: Impossible
1966 · Director
tvFelony Squad
1966 · Director
tvThe Rat Patrol
1966 · Director
movieRide Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Assistant Director
tvThe Wild Wild West
1965 · Director
tvBranded
1965 · Director
movieThree Blondes In His Life
1961 · Assistant Director