Kotcheff, Ted 1931- (William T. Kotcheff)

PERSONAL

Full name, William Theodore Kotcheff; born April 7, 1931, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; married Laifun Chung (in the entertainment industry); children: Thomas, Alexandra. Education: University of Toronto, degree in English literature.

Addresses:

Agent—International Creative Management, 10250 Constellation Way, Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 1952-57, and Associated British Picture Corporation, Inc. (ABC), in London, beginning 1957; Panoptica Productions, Inc. (production company), Canada, founder (with Laifun Chung), c. 1996.

Member:

Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

British Guild of Television Producers and Directors Merit Award for drama, 1959; Golden Palm Award nomination, Cannes International Film Festival, 1971, for Wake in Fright (known at festivals as Outback); Writers Guild of Great Britain Award, best play of the year, and Critics' Award for television drama, best television play, both 1971, award from the Society of Film and Television Arts (later known as British Academy of Film and Television Arts [BAFTA]), best production, 1972, and designation as one of the greatest British television programs, British Film Institute poll, c. 2000, all for "Edna, the Inebriate Woman," Play for Today; Etrog Award (with others), film of the year, Canadian Film awards, and Golden Bear Award, Berlin International Film Festival, both 1974, and Golden Globe Award, best foreign film, 1975, all for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz; Golden Palm Award nomination, 1985, and Genie Award nomination, best achievement in direction, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1986, both for Joshua Then and Now; Critics Award nomination, Deauville Film Festival, 1989, for Weekend at Bernie's; Gemini Award nomination, best direction in a dramatic program, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1998, for Borrowed Hearts.

CREDITS

Film Director:

(As William T. Kotcheff) Tiara Tahiti, J. Arthur Rank, 1962, Zenith International Films, 1963.

Life at the Top, Columbia, 1965.

Two Gentlemen Sharing, American International Pictures, 1969.

Wake in Fright (also known as Outback), United Artists, 1971.

Billy Two Hats (also known as The Lady and the Outlaw), United Artists, 1973.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (also known as L'apprentissage de Duddy Kravitz), Paramount, 1974.

Fun with Dick and Jane, Columbia, 1977.

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (also known as Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, Too Many Chefs, Die Schlemmerorgie, Ein Kochtopf voller Leichen, La grande cuisine, and Qualcuno sta uccidendo i piu grandi cuochi d'europa), Warner Bros., 1978.

North Dallas Forty (also known as North Dallas 40), Paramount, 1979.

First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood and Rambo I), Orion, 1982.

Split Image (also known as Captured and L'envoutement), Orion, 1982.

Uncommon Valor (also known as Last River to Cross), Paramount, 1983.

Joshua Then and Now, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985.

Switching Channels (also known as Scoop), TriStar, 1988.

Weekend at Bernie's (also known as Hot and Cold), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

Winter People, Columbia, 1989.

Folks!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

The Shooter (also known as Hidden Assassin, Desafio final, and Strelec), Dimension Films, 1995.

Film Executive Producer:

Uncommon Valor (also known as Last River to Cross), Paramount, 1983.

Film Producer:

Split Image (also known as Captured and L'envoutement), Orion, 1982.

The Check Is in the Mail (also known as The Cheque Is in the Post), Ascot Entertainment Group, 1986.

Film Consultant:

Production consultant, Why Shoot the Teacher?, Ambassador-Quartet, 1977.

Technical consultant, Rambo (also known as John Rambo, Rambo IV, Rambo IV: End of Peace, Rambo IV: Holy War, Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye, Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra, and Rambo IV: To Hell and Black), Lionsgate, 2008.

Film Appearances:

Jack Parker, Weekend at Bernie's (also known as Hot and Cold), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

Marty Peretz, Shattered Glass, Lions Gate Films, 2003.

Himself, Not Quite Hollywood (documentary), Madman Entertainment/Magnet Releasing/Optimum Releasing, c. 2009.

Television Co-Executive Producer; Series:

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, beginning 1999.

Television Director; Movies:

I'll Have You to Remember, 1961.

The Big Eat, 1965.

Land of My Dreams, 1965.

Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn, 1966.

What Are Families for?, 1993.

Love on the Run, NBC, 1994.

Family of Cops (also known as Une famille de flics), CBS, 1995.

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (also known as A Strange Affair), CBS, 1996.

Borrowed Hearts (also known as Borrowed Hearts: A Holiday Romance and Deux coeurs a louer), CBS and CTV (Canada), 1997.

Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly (also known as Le retour d'Alex Kelly), CBS, 1999.

Television Director; Specials:

Armchair Theatre, Associated British Picture Corporation, various installments, 1958-64.

The Human Voice, Associated-Rediffusion, 1966, broadcast on ABC Stage 67, ABC, 1967.

The Desperate Hours, ABC, 1967.

Of Mice and Men, ABC, 1968.

"Have You Any Washing, Mother Dear?," ITV Playhouse, Independent Television, 1969.

"Edna, the Inebriate Woman" (also known as "The Lodging House"), Play for Today, BBC, 1971.

"Ackerman, Dougall and Harker," Play for Today, BBC, 1972.

Television Producer; Specials:

"Emperor Jones," Armchair Theatre, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1958.

Television Director; Episodic:

(As William T. Kotcheff) "The Dragon Slayer," Espionage, Independent Television (England) and NBC, 1963.

"Act of Faith," Casualty, BBC, 1992.

"Just Like That," Red Shoe Diaries (also known as Foxy Fantasies and Zalman King's "Red Shoe Diaries"), Showtime, 1992, released on video as part of Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick, 1993.

"Another Woman's Lipstick," Red Shoe Diaries (also known as Foxy Fantasies and Zalman King's "Red Shoe Diaries"), Showtime, 1993, released on video as part of Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick, 1993.

"Weekend Pass," Red Shoe Diaries (also known as Foxy Fantasies and Zalman King's "Red Shoe Diaries"), Showtime, c. 1993, released on video as part of Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass (also known as Zalman King's "Weekend Pass Red Shoe Diaries 5"), 1995.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, multiple episodes, beginning 2000.

Directed "The Truth Is in the Trash" and "Who's the Muse?," both unaired episodes of Buddy Faro, CBS.

Television Director; Pilots:

Rx for the Defense, ABC, 1973.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, The Making of "First Blood," 1982.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"I Love 1982," I Love 1980s, BBC-2, 2001.

Stage Director:

Progress to the Park, Royal Court Theatre, London, also Saville Theatre, London, beginning 1961.

Play with a Tiger, Comedy Theatre, London, beginning 1962.

Maggie May (musical), Adelphi Theatre, London, beginning 1964.

Have You Any Dirty Washing, Mother Dear?, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, beginning c. 1971.

Director of London productions of The Au Pair Man and Luv.

RECORDINGS

Video Work:

Director of episodes "Another Woman's Lipstick" and "Just Like That," Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick, 1993.

Director of episode "Weekend Pass," Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass (also known as Zalman King's "Weekend Pass Red Shoe Diaries 5"), 1995.

Videos:

Himself, Drawing First Blood (short; also known as Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later and Making "First Blood"), Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, Guts and Glory (short; also known as Guts & Glory), Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, SVU: The Beginning (short), Universal Studios Home Video, 2003.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Frank Yablans and Peter Gent) North Dallas Forty (also known as North Dallas 40; based on the novel by Gent), Paramount, 1979.

Teleplays:

(With Clive Exton) "The Close Prisoner," Studio 64, broadcast on Drama 60-67 (also known as "Studio '64: The Close Prisoner," Drama 60-67), Associated Television, 1964.