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William Theodore Kotcheff (born April 7, 1931) is a Canadian director and producer of film and television. [1]
Wake in Fright (initially released as Outback outside Australia) is a 1971 Australian New Wave film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones, and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay and Jack Thompson.
Weekend at Bernie's is a 1989 American dark comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Robert Klane, and starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Terry Kiser. It tells the story of two young insurance corporation employees who discover that their boss Bernie is dead after arriving at his house in The Hamptons.
Overview. Born. April 7, 1931 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Birth name. William Theodore Kotcheff. Mini Bio. William Theodore Kotcheff was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Bulgarian parents from Plovdiv. He graduated with a degree in English Literature from the University of Toronto.
- April 7, 1931
Apr 11, 2010 · Kotcheff, William. William Kotcheff, "Ted," filmmaker, producer (b at Toronto 7 Apr 1931). Ted Kotcheff studied literature at U of T, joined the CBC in 1952 and soon began directing. He left for England in 1957, directing many TV productions and stage plays as well as his first films.
Ted Kotcheff tells boisterous and insightful stories from his 60-year directing career beginning in live television drama, and including classic feature films like First Blood and North Dallas Forty, as well as 12 years executive producing Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. More... IMDB Profile Meet the interviewer (s): Jeremy Kagan.
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Apr 17, 2017 · Illustration. Robert Manning. Ted Kotcheff: ‘I was approached to make A Clockwork Orange; Mick Jagger wanted to play Alex’. The veteran director of First Blood and Weekend at Bernie’s reflects on his remarkably varied career.
