Lee H. Katzin details
Roles: Actor, Director
Date of Birth: April 12, 1935 (died October 30, 2002)
Active Years: 1965-1999
Filmography: The Neighborhood (1982), The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988), Spenser: For Hire [TV Series] (1985), T. R. Sloane (1979), The Bastard (1978), The Broken Badge (1978), Relentless (1977)
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Harvard-educated director Lee H. Katzin was a protégé of filmmaker Robert Aldrich. Katzin's official directorial debut was the Aldrich-produced melodrama Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969); in truth, a year or so earlier he had helmed the disastrous The Phynx, which had an extremely limited release in 1970. His big-budget break came when he replaced John Sturges as director for Le Mans (1971); Katzin's documentary approach in this film was at odds with his usual self-conscious, gimmicky visual style. The director's TV credits include "Movie of the Week" fare like Along Came a Spider (1970) and Ordeal (1973), pilot films like Man From Atlantis (1977), and several episodes of the British sci-fi series Space: 1999 (1975-77). In 1988, Katzin directed The World Gone Wild, his first theatrical feature in years. by Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
