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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 30


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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.

Most Famous Work

MacGyver
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MacGyver

(1985) Director
Miami Vice
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8

Miami Vice

(1984) Director
Walker, Texas Ranger
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7

Walker, Texas Ranger

(1993) Director
Mannix
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Mannix

(1967) Director
The Wild Wild West
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8

The Wild Wild West

(1965) Director
Mission: Impossible
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8

Mission: Impossible

(1966) Director
In the Heat of the Night
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7

In the Heat of the Night

(1988) Director
Space: 1999
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Space: 1999

(1975) Director

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2015 Self (archive footage)
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