Lee H. Katzin

Lee H. Katzin

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Born 1935-04-12 Detroit, Michigan, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.9
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 W...
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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.

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Walker, Texas Ranger poster
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Director
1993-04-21
In the Heat of the Night poster
In the Heat of the Night
as Director
1988-03-06
Spenser: For Hire poster
Spenser: For Hire
as Director
1985-09-20
Miami Vice poster
Miami Vice
as Director
1984-09-16
Automan poster
Automan
as Director
1983-12-15
Chicago Story poster
Chicago Story
as Director
1982-03-06
CHiPs poster
CHiPs
as Director
1977-09-15
Space: 1999 poster
Space: 1999
as Director
1975-09-04

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