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Ted Kotcheff

Highest Rated: 96% Wake in Fright (1971)

Lowest Rated: 0% Folks! (1992)

Birthday: Apr 7, 1931

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A director of numerous comedy vehicles who, nevertheless, also helped spawn the Rambo character through "First Blood" (1982), Ted Kotcheff is best known for such efforts as "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1974) as well as the football comedy "North Dallas Forty" (1979), which he also co-wrote.

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Highest rated movies

96% 83% Wake in Fright
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93% 73% The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
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92% 79% Shattered Glass
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86% 71% North Dallas Forty
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80% Two Gentlemen Sharing
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77% 70% Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
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70% Erase and Forget
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60% 32% Switching Channels
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60% 62% Uncommon Valor
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Ted Kotcheff

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Filmography

Movies

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70% No Score Yet Erase and Forget Self - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hard Therapist (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fearless Director - 2014
92% 79% Shattered Glass Marty Peretz (Character) $2.2M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly Director - 1999
No Score Yet 77% Borrowed Hearts: A Holiday Romance Director - 1997
No Score Yet 33% A Strange Affair Director - 1996
No Score Yet 19% Family of Cops Director - 1995
No Score Yet 24% Hidden Assassin Director - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love on the Run Director - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass Director - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick Director - 1993
0% 53% Folks! Director $5.9M 1992
54% 57% Weekend at Bernie's Jack Parker (Character),
Director 		$29.4M 1989
20% 52% Winter People Director $1.3M 1989
60% 32% Switching Channels Director $8.2M 1988
No Score Yet 58% Joshua Then and Now Director $542.4K 1985
60% 62% Uncommon Valor Director,
Executive Producer 		- 1983
No Score Yet 73% Split Image Director,
Producer 		- 1982
86% 86% First Blood Director - 1982
86% 71% North Dallas Forty Director - 1979
77% 70% Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? Director - 1978
57% 51% Fun With Dick and Jane Director - 1977
93% 73% The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Director - 1974
No Score Yet 44% Billy Two Hats Director - 1973
96% 83% Wake in Fright Director $15.5K 1971
80% No Score Yet Two Gentlemen Sharing Director - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Of Mice and Men Director - 1968
No Score Yet 67% The Human Voice Director - 1967
20% 80% Life at the Top Director - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tiara Tahiti Director - 1962

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78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Executive Producer,
Director 		2000-2019