Lee H. Katzin (April 12, 1935 – October 30, 2002) 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 ''

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'', '' Mission: Impossible'' and '' Police Story''. He also directed the 1971 feature film ''

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.''

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 ''

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'' In 1972, he directed the film '' The Salzburg Connection'', which starred Barry Newman and

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. In 1975, he directed the launch episode " Breakaway", and other early episodes, of the

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live-action series '' Space: 1999.'' He also directed the pilots for the television series ''

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'' and '' Spenser: For Hire''. He was primarily known as a prolific episodic television director, and he worked on series such as ''

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'', '' Police Story'', '' The Young Riders'', and '' Mission Impossible''. He died of cancer at the age of 67 in 2002 in Beverly Hills, California.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1935 births 2002 deaths American television directors Deaths from cancer in California Artists from Detroit Film directors from Michigan {{tv-director-stub