Ted Kotcheff
View on IMDb ↗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 productions and as a director of films such as First Blood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Kotcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Shattered Glass
Barney's Version
Not Quite Hollywood
Weekend at Bernie's
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
The Planters
The Making of 'First Blood'
The Mike Douglas Show
Erase and Forget
SEGALFilmography (14)
- 2025
SEGALSelf - 2022
Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff VisionHimself - 2019
The PlantersCliff Man / Last 'Hello' Man (voice) - 2017
Erase and ForgetHimself - 2017
Soul of an ArtistSelf - 2011Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet CinemaSelf
- 2010
Barney's VersionTrain Conductor - 2008
Not Quite HollywoodSelf - 2003
Shattered GlassMarty Peretz - 2002
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later - 2002
Guts and GlorySelf - 1989
Weekend at Bernie'sJack Parker - 1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - —
The Making of 'First Blood'
Crew (55)
- 2014FearlessDirector
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCo-Executive Producer
- 1999Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex KellyDirector
- 1997Borrowed HeartsDirector
- 1996A Husband, a Wife and a LoverDirector
- 1995Family of CopsDirector
- 1995The ShooterDirector
- 1995Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend PassDirector
- 1994Love on the RunDirector
- 1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's LipstickDirector
- 1992Red Shoe DiariesDirector
- 1992Folks!Director
- 1989Winter PeopleDirector
- 1988Switching ChannelsDirector
- 1986CasualtyDirector
- 1985Joshua Then and NowDirector
- 1983Uncommon ValorExecutive Producer
- 1982First BloodDirector
- 1982Split ImageDirector
- 1979North Dallas FortyScreenplay
- 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Director
- 1977Fun with Dick and JaneDirector
- 1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzDirector
- 1974Billy Two HatsDirector
- 1973Rx for the DefenseDirector
- 1972Lights OutDirector
- 1972Ackerman, Dougall & HarkerDirector
- 1972Who's Afraid of Opera?Director
- 1971Wake in FrightScreenplay
- 1971Edna: The Inebriate WomanDirector
- 1970Play for TodayDirector
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirector
- 1969Two Gentlemen SharingDirector
- 1968Of Mice and MenDirector
- 1967ITV PlayhouseDirector
- 1967The Desperate HoursDirector
- 1966ABC Stage 67Director
- 1966The Human VoiceDirector
- 1965Life at the TopDirector
- 1964The Trial of Dr. FancyDirector
- 1963EspionageDirector
- 1963Into the DarkDirector
- 1962Tiara TahitiDirector
- 1962The Hard KnockDirector
- 1961Drama 61-67Director
- 1960Where I LiveDirector
- 1960After the FuneralDirector
- 1960Lena, O My LenaDirector
- 1960I'll Have You to RememberDirector
- 1959Hot Summer NightDirector
- 1959After the ShowDirector
- 1959The Bird, the Bear and the ActressDirector
- 1958The Greatest Man in the WorldDirector
- 1958Emperor JonesDirector
- 1956Armchair TheatreDirector