Lee H. Katzin


Lee H. Katzin was an American film director.

Early life and education

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.''

Career

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.
He died of cancer at the age of 67 in 2002 in Beverly Hills, California.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorAssistant
director		Notes
1961Las Vegas BeatSecond unit assistant
1964Fanfare for a Death Scene
1967Hondo and the Apaches
1970Along Came a Spider
1972Visions...
1973Voyage of the Yes
1973The Stranger
1973Ordeal
1974Savages
1974Strange Homecoming
1975The Last Survivors
1975Sky Heist
1976The Quest
1976Alien Attack
1977Relentless
1977McLaren's Riders
1978Zuma Beach
1978Terror Out of the Sky
1979Samurai
1980Death Ray 2000
1980Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1981Hardcase
1982The Neighborhood
1982Journey Through the Black Sun
1983Emergency Room
1985The Eagle and the Bear
1985The Adventures of Alexander Hawkins
1985Soloman's Universe
1987The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1989Jake Spanner, Private Eye

YearTitleDirectorAssistant
director		Notes
1961The RebelSeason 2
1963Stoney BurkeSeason 1
1963The Outer LimitsSeason 1
1964–65RawhideSeason 7
1965BrandedSeason 1–2 ; Season 2
1965The Patty Duke ShowSeason 3
1966The Wild Wild WestSeason 1
1966The Wild Wild WestUnit production manager – Season 2
1966–67The Rat PatrolSeason 1
1967The Felony SquadSeason 1
1967–68Mission: ImpossibleSeason 1–3
1967HondoSeason 1
1967MannixSeason 1
1968It Takes a ThiefSeason 1
1968The Mod SquadSeason 1
1970Storefront LawyersSeason 1
1974McMillan & WifeSeason 3
1975Space: 1999Season 1
1975–80Police StorySeason 3, 5–6
1977Man from AtlantisSeason 1
1978The BastardMiniseries
1982McClain's LawSeason 1
1982Chicago StorySeason 1
1982CHiPsSeason 5
1982The Devlin ConnectionSeason 1
1983The MississippiSeason 1
1983AutomanSeason 1
1983–84The Yellow RoseSeason 1
1984Partners in CrimeSeason 1
1984Miami ViceSeason 1
1985Spenser: For HireSeason 1
1985MacGyverSeason 1
1985MacGyverOpening gambit director – Season 1
1988–89In the Heat of the NightSeason 2
1989–92The Young RidersSeason 1, 3
1990The OutsidersSeason 1
1991The ExileSeason 1
1991P.S. I Luv USeason 1
1993RavenSeason 2
1994Walker, Texas RangerSeason 2
1994RenegadeSeason 3
1994Fortune HunterSeason 1