Lee H. Katzin
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Lee H. Katzin is an American director whose job is the film itself known, when known at all, from the credit block. 59 years in the trade leave a mark on the credit list. Most conversations about this filmography start at 'Le Mans'.
Lee H. Katzin
15 Directed
29 Series
Lee H. Katzin is an American director whose job is the film itself known, when known at all, from the credit block. 59 years in the trade leave a mark on the credit list. Most conversations about this filmography start at 'Le Mans'.
Movies
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Le Mans
1971
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World Gone Wild
1987
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
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Heaven with a Gun
1969
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Hondo and the Apaches
1967
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What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969
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The Phynx
1970
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Restraining Order
1999
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The Salzburg Connection
1972
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Alien Attack
1980
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Zuma Beach
1978
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Space: 1999
1975
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Journey Through the Black Sun
1982
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The Break
1995
TV Shows
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The Quest
1976
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Mission: Impossible
1966
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The Rat Patrol
1966
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Branded
1965
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Police Story
1973
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Hondo
1967
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MacGyver
1985
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The Young Riders
1989
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Space: 1999
1975
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Miami Vice
1984
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The Mod Squad
1968
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Spenser: For Hire
1985
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Felony Squad
1966
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The Wild Wild West
1965
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The Mississippi
1983
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The Devlin Connection
1982
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The Bastard
1978
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CHiPs
1977
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In the Heat of the Night
1988
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Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
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McMillan & Wife
1971
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P.S. I Luv U
1991
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Raven
1992
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McClain's Law
1981
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Automan
1983
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Mannix
1967
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Chicago Story
1982
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Partners in Crime
1984
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The Outsiders
1990
Full Filmography
Restraining Order
Director
1999
Film
The Break
Director
1995
Film
Walker, Texas Ranger
Director · 1 episode
1993–
TV
Raven
Director · 1 episode
1992–
TV
P.S. I Luv U
Director · 1 episode
1991–
TV
The Outsiders
Director · 1 episode
1990–
TV
The Young Riders
Director · 3 episodes
1989–
TV
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Director
1988
Film
In the Heat of the Night
Director · 1 episode
1988–
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lee H. Katzin still alive?
Lee H. Katzin passed away on October 30, 2002 at age 67.
What are the most famous roles of Lee H. Katzin?
Lee H. Katzin is best known for directing Le Mans, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?.
How many movies has Lee H. Katzin directed?
Over a 35-year career (since 1967), Lee H. Katzin has directed or written 15 films and worked on 29 TV shows.
What was Lee H. Katzin's first movie?
The career of Lee H. Katzin began with Hondo and the Apaches (1967).
What is Lee H. Katzin's most recent movie or series?
Lee H. Katzin's most recent release is Restraining Order, which premiered on April 30, 1999.
What TV shows has Lee H. Katzin created or directed?
On television, Lee H. Katzin has appeared in MacGyver, Walker, Texas Ranger, Miami Vice, Mission: Impossible.
Lee H. Katzin
1935-04-12 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.