Ted Kotcheff ( born Ted Kotcheff , born April 7, 1931 ) is a Canadian television , film director and producer well-known for his outstanding production on British television and the directing of the movie " Rambo: First Blood " and several others.
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| Birth name | William Theodore Kotcheff |
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| Profession | film director , television producer , actor |
| Direction | cinema , television |
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Biography
Kotcheff [4] was born in Toronto into a family of Bulgarian refugees , [5] [6] [7] immigrated from the region of Macedonia . After graduating from college at the University of Toronto with a degree in English literature, Kotcheff began his television career at the age of 24 from joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , when television in the country was largely in its infancy. Kotcheff was the youngest director in the company where he worked for two years on the General Motors Theater and other shows before leaving Canada in 1958 to live and work in the UK .
He was inspired by his compatriot Sydney Newman, who was a dramatic director at the same corporation and moved to the UK to take a similar position at ABC, one of the local franchise owners of the ITV network, which also produced a significant part of the national broadcast network for the channel. In ABC, Newman directed the popular dramatic program Armchair Theater, and he directed Kotcheff, who directed several dramas between 1958 and 1960, as the director of this series .
Personal Life
Kotcheff currently lives in Beverly Hills with his wife Leifang and their two children, Alexandra and Thomas. He also has three children from a previous marriage with actress Sylvia Kay: Aaron, Katrina and Joshua.
Filmography
Film
- 1995 : " The Shooter "
- 1992 : “ Folks! "
- 1989 : " Weekend at Bernie "
- 1989 : “ Winter People ”
- 1988 : " Switching Channels "
- 1985 : " Joshua Then and Now "
- 1983 : " Rare courage "
- 1982 : Split Image
- 1982 : " Rambo: First Blood "
- 1979 : North Dallas Forty
- 1978 : " Who is the Killing of the Great Chefs of Europe?" "
- 1977 : "The Funny Adventures of Dick and Jane "
- 1974 : The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival )
- 1974 : Billy Two Hats
- 1971 : “ Dangerous Awakening ”
- 1969 : " Two Gentlemen Sharing "
- 1965 : " Life at the Top "
- 1962 : " Tiara Tahiti "
TV direction
- 1999 : " Law and Order : Special Corps"
- 1999 : "Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly"
- 1998 : Buddy Faro
- 1997 : “ Family rental ”
- 1996 : "A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
- 1995 : " Family of Cops "
- 1995 : " Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass "
- 1994 : "Love on the Run"
- 1993 : "What Are Families for?"
- 1993 : " Diaries of the Red Shoe 3: foreign lipstick "
- 1971 : " Edna, the Inebriate Woman "
- 1967 : “The Human Voice”
- 1960 : "Lena, O My Lena"
- 1960 : "After the Funeral"
- 1959 : " No Trams to Lime Street "
- 1958 : Underground
Acting game
- 2003 : “ The Scam of Steven Glass ”, as Marty Peretz
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 13974617X // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- Mp filmportal.de - 2005.
- ↑ Biography of Ted Kotcheff (English) (Verified October 9, 2009)
- ↑ From Da to Yes: understanding, Intercultural Press, 1995, ISBN 1-877864-30-7, p. 178.
- ↑ Voices of film experience: 1894 to the present, Jay Leyda, Macmillan, 1977, p. 244.
- ↑ The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film, Gene Brown, New York Times Staff, Harry M. Geduld, Times Books, 1984, ISBN 0-8129-1059-1.
Links
- Kotcheff, Ted (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- Canadian Film Encyclopedia (English) (Verified October 9, 2009)