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.

Filmography

• 2019The Planters — Cliff Man / Last 'Hello' Man (voice)
• 2017Soul of an Artist — Self, Director
• 2014Fearless — Director
• 2010Barney's Version — Train Conductor
• 2003Shattered Glass — Marty Peretz
• 2002Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
• 1999Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly — Director
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Director, Co-Executive Producer
• 1997Borrowed Hearts — Director
• 1996A Husband, a Wife and a Lover — Director
• 1995Family of Cops — Director
• 1995Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass — Director
• 1995The Shooter — Director
• 1994Love on the Run — Director
• 1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick — Director
• 1992Folks! — Director
• Red Shoe Diaries — Director
• 1989Weekend at Bernie's — Jack Parker, Director
• 1989Winter People — Director
• 1988Switching Channels — Director
• Casualty — Director
• 1985Joshua Then and Now — Director
• 1983Uncommon Valor — Director, Executive Producer
• 1982First Blood — Director
• 1982Split Image — Director, Producer
• 1979North Dallas Forty — Director, Screenplay
• 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? — Director
• 1977Fun with Dick and Jane — Director
• 1974Billy Two Hats — Director
• 1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz — Director
• 1973Rx for the Defense — Director
• 1972Ackerman, Dougall & Harker — Director
• 1972Lights Out — Director
• Who's Afraid of Opera? — Director
• 1971Edna: The Inebriate Woman — Director
• 1971Wake in Fright — Director, Screenplay
• Play for Today — Director
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Director
• 1969Two Gentlemen Sharing — Director
• 1968Of Mice and Men — Director
• ITV Playhouse — Director
• 1967The Desperate Hours — Director
• ABC Stage 67 — Director
• 1966The Human Voice — Director
• 1965Life at the Top — Director
• 1964The Trial of Dr. Fancy — Director
• Espionage — Director
• 1963Into the Dark — Director
• 1962The Hard Knock — Director
• 1962Tiara Tahiti — Director
• Drama 61-67 — Director
• 1960After the Funeral — Director
• 1960I'll Have You to Remember — Director
• 1960Lena, O My Lena — Director
• 1960Where I Live — Director
• 1959After the Show — Director
• 1959Hot Summer Night — Director
• 1959The Bird, the Bear and the Actress — Director
• 1958Emperor Jones — Director
• 1958The Greatest Man in the World — Director
• Armchair Theatre — Director

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2025SEGAL — Self
• 2022Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff Vision — Himself
• 2017Erase and Forget — Himself
• 2011Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema — Self
• 2008Not Quite Hollywood — Self
• 2002Guts and Glory — Self
• 1982The Making of 'First Blood' — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self