Lee H. Katzin
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 12, 1935
- Died
- October 30, 2002
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph 2026
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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Restraining Order 1999
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The Break 1995
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Hoodwinked 1989
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988
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World Gone Wild 1987
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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 1987
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- The Eagle and The Bear
The Eagle and The Bear 1985
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Emergency Room 1983
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Journey Through the Black Sun 1982
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The Neighborhood 1982
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Death Ray 2000 1981
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Alien Attack 1980
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Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop 1980
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Samurai 1979
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Terror Out of the Sky 1978
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Zuma Beach 1978
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Relentless 1977
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Man from Atlantis 1977
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The Quest 1976
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Sky Hei$t 1975
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The Last Survivors 1975
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Space: 1999 1975
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- Strange Homecoming
Strange Homecoming 1974
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Savages 1974
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Ordeal 1973
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The Stranger 1973
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Voyage of the Yes 1973
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Visions... 1972
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The Salzburg Connection 1972
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Le Mans 1971
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The Phynx 1970
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Along Came a Spider 1970
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What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? 1969
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Heaven with a Gun 1969
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Mission: Impossible - The Slave 1967
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Hondo and the Apaches 1967
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Ride Beyond Vengeance 1966
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Three Blondes In His Life 1961
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Credits from TMDB.