Lee H. Katzin

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-04-12

Deathday 2002-10-30 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA

Lee H. Katzin

Biography

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

Director

1999
Restraining Order

as Director

1995
The Break

as Director

1993
1992
Raven

as Director

1991
P.S. I Luv U

as Director

1990
The Outsiders

as Director

1989
Hoodwinked

as Director

1989
The Young Riders

as Director

1988
1987
World Gone Wild

as Director

1985
1985
Spenser: For Hire

as Director

1985
MacGyver

as Director

1984
Miami Vice

as Director

1984
Partners in Crime

as Director

1983
Emergency Room

as Director

1983
The Yellow Rose

as Director

1983
Automan

as Director

1983
The Mississippi

as Director

1982
The Neighborhood

as Director

1982
Chicago Story

as Director

1982
1981
Death Ray 2000

as Director

1981
McClain's Law

as Director

1980
Alien Attack

as Director

1979
Samurai

as Director

1979
1978
Zuma Beach

as Director

1978
1978
The Bastard

as Director

1977
Man From Atlantis

as Director

1977
Relentless

as Director

1977
CHiPs

as Director

1976
The Quest

as Director

1976
The Quest

as Director

1975
The Last Survivors

as Director

1975
Sky Heist

as Director

1975
Space 1999

as Director

1975
Space: 1999

as Director

1974
Savages

as Director

1974
Strange Homecoming

as Director

1973
Ordeal

as Director

1973
The Stranger

as Director

1973
Voyage of the Yes

as Director

1973
Police Story

as Director

1972
1972
Visions...

as Director

1971
Le Mans

as Director

1971
McMillan & Wife

as Director

1970
The Phynx

as Director

1970
1969
Heaven with a Gun

as Director

1968
The Mod Squad

as Director

1967
1967
Mannix

as Director

1967
Hondo

as Director

1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance

as Assistant Director

1966
Felony Squad

as Director

1966
1966
The Rat Patrol

as Director

1965
The Wild Wild West

as Director

1965
Branded

as Director

1961
Three Blondes In His Life

as Assistant Director

Actor

2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

as Self (archive footage)