Directed credits
66
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Lee H. Katzin
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 37Directed series: 29All crew credits: 66
TMDB ID: 19101
IMDb ID: nm0441914
Known for: Directing
Born: April 12, 1935
Died: October 30, 2002
Age: 67
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2015
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q1519311
Frequent jobs
Director (64)Assistant Director (2)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Lee H. Katzin.
3.2
Restraining Order
Director
1999 Movie
5.6
The Break
Director
1995 Movie
6.3
Hoodwinked
Director
1989 Movie
5.1
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Director
1988 Movie
5.1
World Gone Wild
Director
1987 Movie
5.0
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Director
1987 Movie
Emergency Room
Director
1983 Movie
6.2
Journey Through the Black Sun
Director
1982 Movie
6.0
The Neighborhood
Director
1982 Movie
5.0
Death Ray 2000
Director
1981 Movie
6.1
Alien Attack
Director
1980 Movie
1.0
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Director
1980 Movie
Samurai
Director
1979 Movie
4.8
Terror Out of the Sky
Director
1978 Movie
4.8
Zuma Beach
Director
1978 Movie
5.8
The Bastard
Director
1978 Movie
6.0
Relentless
Director
1977 Movie
8.0
Man from Atlantis
Director
1977 Movie
10.0
The Quest
Director
1976 Movie
4.9
Sky Hei$t
Director
1975 Movie
4.7
The Last Survivors
Director
1975 Movie
7.4
Space: 1999
Director
1975 Movie
6.3
Savages
Director
1974 Movie
4.7
Ordeal
Director
1973 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Lee H. Katzin.
6.9
Walker, Texas Ranger
Director • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.5
Raven
Director • 1 eps
1992 Series
5.8
P.S. I Luv U
Director • 1 eps
1991 Series
7.5
The Outsiders
Director • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.3
The Young Riders
Director • 3 eps
1989 Series
7.5
In the Heat of the Night
Director • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.7
MacGyver
Director • 4 eps
1985 Series
6.7
Spenser: For Hire
Director • 2 eps
1985 Series
6.2
Partners in Crime
Director • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
Director • 2 eps
1984 Series
7.8
Automan
Director • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.0
The Yellow Rose
Director • 10 eps
1983 Series
6.0
The Mississippi
Director • 2 eps
1983 Series
5.0
The Devlin Connection
Director • 2 eps
1982 Series
5.0
Chicago Story
Director • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.5
McClain's Law
Director • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.8
CHiPs
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.4
The Quest
Director • 16 eps
1976 Series
7.1
Space: 1999
Director • 2 eps
1975 Series
6.9
Police Story
Director • 5 eps
1973 Series
6.9
McMillan & Wife
Director • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.2
The Mod Squad
Director • 2 eps
1968 Series
6.7
Mannix
Director • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.5
Hondo
Director • 5 eps
1967 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Lee H. Katzin.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Lee H. Katzin.
7.8
Automan
Director • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.7
MacGyver
Director • 4 eps
1985 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
Director • 11 eps
1966 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
Director • 2 eps
1984 Series
7.1
Space: 1999
Director • 2 eps
1975 Series
6.9
Walker, Texas Ranger
Director • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.8
CHiPs
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Lee H. Katzin.
6.3
Hoodwinked
Director
1989 Movie
4.9
Sky Hei$t
Director
1975 Movie
6.8
Le Mans
Director
1971 Movie
5.0
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Director
1987 Movie
5.1
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Director
1988 Movie
5.9
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Assistant Director
1966 Movie
5.4
Heaven with a Gun
Director
1969 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Lee H. Katzin.
7.7
MacGyver
Director • 4 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
Director • 2 eps
1984 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
Director • 11 eps
1966 Series
6.9
Walker, Texas Ranger
Director • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.6
The Wild Wild West
Director • 2 eps
1965 Series
7.1
Space: 1999
Director • 2 eps
1975 Series
6.7
Mannix
Director • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.5
In the Heat of the Night
Director • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.2
The Mod Squad
Director • 2 eps
1968 Series
6.7
Spenser: For Hire
Director • 2 eps
1985 Series
6.9
McMillan & Wife
Director • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.4
Felony Squad
Director • 2 eps
1966 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Lee H. Katzin.
