Lee H. Katzin
Directing
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.
Known for
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movieRestraining Order
1999
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movieThe Break
1995
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tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
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tvRaven
1992
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tvP.S. I Luv U
1991
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tvThe Outsiders
1990
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movieHoodwinked
1989
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tvThe Young Riders
1989
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tvIn the Heat of the Night
1988
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movieWorld Gone Wild
1987
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tvMacGyver
1985
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tvSpenser: For Hire
1985
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tvPartners in Crime
1984
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tvMiami Vice
1984
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tvAutoman
1983
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tvThe Yellow Rose
1983
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movieEmergency Room
1983
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tvThe Mississippi
1983
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tvThe Devlin Connection
1982
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movieThe Neighborhood
1982
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tvChicago Story
1982
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tvMcClain's Law
1981
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movieDeath Ray 2000
1981
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movieAlien Attack
1980
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movieSamurai
1979
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movieTerror Out of the Sky
1978
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movieZuma Beach
1978
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tvThe Bastard
1978
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tvCHiPs
1977
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movieRelentless
1977
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movieMan from Atlantis
1977
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movieThe Quest
1976
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tvThe Quest
1976
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tvSpace: 1999
1975
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movieSky Hei$t
1975
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movieThe Last Survivors
1975
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movieSpace: 1999
1975
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movieSavages
1974
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movieOrdeal
1973
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tvPolice Story
1973
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movieThe Stranger
1973
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movieVoyage of the Yes
1973
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movieVisions...
1972
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movieThe Salzburg Connection
1972
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tvMcMillan & Wife
1971
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movieLe Mans
1971
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movieThe Phynx
1970
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movieAlong Came a Spider
1970
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movieHeaven with a Gun
1969
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tvThe Mod Squad
1968
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tvMannix
1967
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movieHondo and the Apaches
1967
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tvHondo
1967
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tvMission: Impossible
1966
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tvFelony Squad
1966
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tvThe Rat Patrol
1966
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movieRide Beyond Vengeance
1966
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tvThe Wild Wild West
1965
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tvBranded
1965
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movieThree Blondes In His Life
1961
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movieSteve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015
Self (archive footage)