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Ted Kotcheff
Director 1931 - 2025

Ted Kotcheff

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ted Kotcheff (April 7, 1931 – April 10, 2025), sometimes credited as William Kotcheff or William T. Kotcheff, was a Canadian film and television director, who is well known for his work on several high-profile British television... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

15 titles
The Shooter

The Shooter

Ted Kotcheff 1995 1h 44m

A CIA agent gets caught up in political intrigue after he gets brought in to solve the murder of a Cuban ambassador.

Family of Cops

Family of Cops

Ted Kotcheff 1995 1h 27m

Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to two—the victim's sexually freewheeling wife Anna, and Paul's wild-child daughter Jackie.

Winter People

Winter People

Ted Kotcheff 1989 1h 50m

Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright, a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.

Weekend at Bernie's

Weekend at Bernie's

Ted Kotcheff 1989 1h 38m 5.8

Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Switching Channels

Switching Channels

Ted Kotcheff 1988 1h 45m

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor

Ted Kotcheff 1983 1h 45m 4.3

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...

Split Image

Split Image

Ted Kotcheff 1982 1h 51m 5.0

An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.

First Blood

First Blood

Ted Kotcheff 1982 1h 33m 7.6

A mentally unstable Vietnam war vet gets abused by a bigoted small town police force and begins a one man war with it.

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Ted Kotcheff 1978 1h 52m

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

Ted Kotcheff 1977 1h 35m 6.5
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Ted Kotcheff 1974 2h

The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends.

Billy Two Hats

Billy Two Hats

Ted Kotcheff 1974 1h 39m 6.0

An aging outlaw helps a young half-breed learn the ropes.

Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

Ted Kotcheff 1971 1h 49m 8.0

Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches to five and he plunges headlong toward his own destruction.

Life at the Top

Life at the Top

Ted Kotcheff 1965 1h 57m

Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark.

Tiara Tahiti

Tiara Tahiti

Ted Kotcheff 1962 1h 40m

James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peace-time Tahiti.

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