Ted Kotcheff

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Ted Kotcheff

Directing April 7, 1931

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 telev…

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
First Blood

First Blood

7.5 1982 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Weekend at Bernie's

Weekend at Bernie's

6.4 1989 Movie
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
Barney's Version

Barney's Version

7.0 2010 Movie
Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

7.0 2003 Movie
Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

7.2 1971 Movie
Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor

6.2 1983 Movie
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

7.0 1967 TV Show
Red Shoe Diaries

Red Shoe Diaries

5.8 1992 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    SEGAL

    Movie Self

  2. 2022
    Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff Vision

    Movie Himself

  3. 2019
    The Planters

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

  4. 2017
    Erase and Forget

    Movie Himself

  5. 2017
    Soul of an Artist

    Movie Self

  6. 2014
    Fearless

    Movie Director

  7. 2011
    Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema

    Movie Self

  8. 2010
    Barney's Version

    Movie Train Conductor

  9. 2008
    Not Quite Hollywood

    Movie Self

  10. 2003
    Shattered Glass

    Movie Marty Peretz

  11. 2002
    Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

    Movie

  12. 2002
    Guts and Glory

    Movie Self

  13. 1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    TV show Director

  14. 1999
    Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

    Movie Director

  15. 1997
    Borrowed Hearts

    Movie Director

  16. 1996
    A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1995
    The Shooter

    Movie Director

  2. 1995
    Family of Cops

    Movie Director

  3. 1995
    Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

    Movie Director

  4. 1994
    Love on the Run

    Movie Director

  5. 1993
    Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

    Movie Director

  6. 1992
    Red Shoe Diaries

    TV show Director

  7. 1992
    Folks!

    Movie Director

  8. 1989
    Weekend at Bernie's

    Movie Jack Parker

  9. 1989
    Winter People

    Movie Director

  10. 1988
    Switching Channels

    Movie Director

  11. 1986
    Casualty

    TV show Director

  12. 1985
    Joshua Then and Now

    Movie Director

  13. 1983
    Uncommon Valor

    Movie Director

  14. 1982
    First Blood

    Movie Director

  15. 1982
    Split Image

    Movie Producer

  16. 1982
    The Making of 'First Blood'

    Movie Self

  17. 1979
    North Dallas Forty

    Movie Director

  18. 1978
    Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

    Movie Director

  19. 1977
    Fun with Dick and Jane

    Movie Director

  20. 1974
    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    Movie Director

  21. 1974
    Billy Two Hats

    Movie Director

  22. 1973
    Rx for the Defense

    Movie Director

  23. 1972
    Who's Afraid of Opera?

    TV show Director

  24. 1972
    Ackerman, Dougall & Harker

    Movie Director