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Lee H. Katzin

 
Director: Lee H. Katzin
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  • Born: Apr 12, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan
  • Died: Oct 30, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California
  • Occupation: Director, Actor
  • Active: '60s-'80s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Spy Film
  • Career Highlights: The Neighborhood, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, Spenser: For Hire
  • First Major Screen Credit: Branded: Salute the Soldier Briefly (1965)

Biography

Harvard-educated director Lee H. Katzin was a protégé of filmmaker Robert Aldrich. Katzin's official directorial debut was the Aldrich-produced melodrama Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969); in truth, a year or so earlier he had helmed the disastrous The Phynx, which had an extremely limited release in 1970. His big-budget break came when he replaced John Sturges as director for Le Mans (1971); Katzin's documentary approach in this film was at odds with his usual self-conscious, gimmicky visual style. The director's TV credits include "Movie of the Week" fare like Along Came a Spider (1970) and Ordeal (1973), pilot films like Man From Atlantis (1977), and several episodes of the British sci-fi series Space: 1999 (1975-77). In 1988, Katzin directed The World Gone Wild, his first theatrical feature in years. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Lee H. Katzin (12 April 1935 - 30 October 2002) was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, and became a TV director in the late 1960s, including episodes for Bonanza, Mission: Impossible and Police Story. He also directed the 1971 movie, Le Mans.

In 1975, he directed the launch episode Breakaway, and other early episodes, of the Gerry Anderson live-action series Space: 1999. He was the creator of the short-lived American science fiction television series Man from Atlantis in 1977 and the following year wrote the pilot episode for a comedy, Zuma Beach with Halloween director John Carpenter, although this was never commissioned as a series. He also directed many episodes of the 1980s television series MacGyver.

He died of cancer in 2002 in Beverly Hills, California.

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