Biography
Lee H. Katzin (April 12, 1935 β 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.
Filmography
all 68
Director 67
Movies 39
TV Shows 29
self 1
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015)
Restraining Order (1999)
The Break (1995)
Raven (1992)
P.S. I Luv U (1991)
The Outsiders (1990)
Hoodwinked (1989)
The Young Riders (1989)
World Gone Wild (1987)
MacGyver (1985)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
Partners in Crime (1984)
Miami Vice (1984)
Automan (1983)
The Yellow Rose (1983)
Emergency Room (1983)
The Mississippi (1983)
The Devlin Connection (1982)
The Neighborhood (1982)
Chicago Story (1982)
McClain's Law (1981)
Death Ray 2000 (1981)
Alien Attack (1980)
Samurai (1979)
Zuma Beach (1978)
The Bastard (1978)
CHiPs (1977)
Relentless (1977)
Man From Atlantis (1977)
The Quest (1976)
The Quest (1976)
Space: 1999 (1975)
Sky Heist (1975)
The Last Survivors (1975)
Space 1999 (1975)
Strange Homecoming (1974)
Savages (1974)
Ordeal (1973)
Police Story (1973)
The Stranger (1973)
Voyage of the Yes (1973)
Visions... (1972)
McMillan & Wife (1971)
Le Mans (1971)
The Phynx (1970)
Along Came a Spider (1970)
Heaven with a Gun (1969)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Hondo (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Felony Squad (1966)
The Rat Patrol (1966)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Branded (1965)
Three Blondes In His Life (1961)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1935-04-12
Deathday2002-10-30 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
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