# Lee H. Katzin

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 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

Film :
| Year | Title | Director | Assistant director | Notes |
| 1961 | Five Bold Women | No | No | Production coordinator |
| 1961 | Three Blondes in His Life | No | Yes | |
| 1966 | Ride Beyond Vengeance | No | Yes | |
| 1969 | Heaven with a Gun | Yes | No | |
| 1969 | What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? | Yes | No | |
| 1970 | The Phynx | Yes | No | |
| 1971 | Le Mans | Yes | No | |
| 1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Yes | No | |
| 1987 | World Gone Wild | Yes | No | |
| 1995 | The Break | Yes | No | |
| 1999 | Restraining Order | Yes | No | |
Television films :
| Year | Title | Director | Assistant director | Notes |
| 1961 | Las Vegas Beat | No | No | Second unit assistant |
| 1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | No | Yes | |
| 1967 | Hondo and the Apaches | Yes | No | |
| 1970 | Along Came a Spider | Yes | No | |
| 1972 | Visions... | Yes | No | |
| 1973 | Voyage of the Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1973 | The Stranger | Yes | No | |
| 1973 | Ordeal | Yes | No | |
| 1974 | Savages | Yes | No | |
| 1974 | Strange Homecoming | Yes | No | |
| 1975 | The Last Survivors | Yes | No | |
| 1975 | Sky Heist | Yes | No | |
| 1976 | The Quest | Yes | No | |
| 1976 | Alien Attack | Yes | No | |
| 1977 | Relentless | Yes | No | |
| 1977 | McLaren's Riders | Yes | No | |
| 1978 | Zuma Beach | Yes | No | |
| 1978 | Terror Out of the Sky | Yes | No | |
| 1979 | Samurai | Yes | No | |
| 1980 | Death Ray 2000 | Yes | No | |
| 1980 | Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop | Yes | No | |
| 1981 | Hardcase | Yes | No | |
| 1982 | The Neighborhood | Yes | No | |
| 1982 | Journey Through the Black Sun | Yes | No | |
| 1983 | Emergency Room | Yes | No | |
| 1985 | The Eagle and the Bear | Yes | No | |
| 1985 | The Adventures of Alexander Hawkins | Yes | No | |
| 1985 | Soloman's Universe | Yes | No | |
| 1987 | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Yes | No | |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Yes | No | |
| 1989 | Jake Spanner, Private Eye | Yes | No | |
Television series :
| Year | Title | Director | Assistant director | Notes |
| 1961 | The Rebel | No | Yes | Season 2 (8 episodes) |
| 1963 | Stoney Burke | No | Yes | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | No | Yes | Season 1 (9 episodes) |
| 1964–65 | Rawhide | No | Yes | Season 7 (13 episodes) |
| 1965 | Branded | Yes | Yes | Season 1–2 (8 episodes) (AD); Season 2 (6 episodes) (D) |
| 1965 | The Patty Duke Show | No | Yes | Season 3 (1 episode) |
| 1966 | The Wild Wild West | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
| 1966 | The Wild Wild West | No | No | Unit production manager – Season 2 (7 episodes) |
| 1966–67 | The Rat Patrol | Yes | No | Season 1 (7 episodes) |
| 1967 | The Felony Squad | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
| 1967–68 | Mission: Impossible | Yes | No | Season 1–3 (11 episodes) |
| 1967 | Hondo | Yes | No | Season 1 (4 episodes) |
| 1967 | Mannix | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
| 1970 | Storefront Lawyers | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1974 | McMillan & Wife | Yes | No | Season 3 (1 episode) |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
| 1975–80 | Police Story | Yes | No | Season 3, 5–6 (5 episodes) |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Yes | No | Miniseries |
| 1982 | McClain's Law | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episodes) |
| 1982 | Chicago Story | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1982 | CHiPs | Yes | No | Season 5 (1 episode) |
| 1982 | The Devlin Connection | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1983 | The Mississippi | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
| 1983 | Automan | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1983–84 | The Yellow Rose | Yes | No | Season 1 (10 episodes) |
| 1984 | Partners in Crime | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1985 | MacGyver | No | No | Opening gambit director – Season 1 (4 episodes) |
| 1988–89 | In the Heat of the Night | Yes | No | Season 2 (3 episodes) |
| 1989–92 | The Young Riders | Yes | No | Season 1, 3 (6 episodes) |
| 1990 | The Outsiders | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1991 | The Exile | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1991 | P.S. I Luv U | Yes | No | Season 1 (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Raven | Yes | No | Season 2 (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Yes | No | Season 2 (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Renegade | Yes | No | Season 3 (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Fortune Hunter | Yes | No | Season 1 (2 episodes) |