Happy 87th Birthday Ted Kotcheff !!!
Apr 7, 2018 8:54:35 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Apr 7, 2018 8:54:35 GMT
Happy 87th Birthday Ted Kotcheff !!! 
Born on April 7, 1931 in Toronto, Canada
Thanks for everything, so far...
Canadian-born director of many popular movies, depending on each and everyones taste.
His parents were Bulgarian immigrants. Kotcheff became the youngest director on the staff of the CBC, where he worked for two years on shows such as General Motors Theatre, Encounter, First Performance and On Camera. In 1958 he left Canada to live and work in the United Kingdom. Kotcheff was responsible for directing some of the best-remembered installments in the Armchair Theatre anthology series from 1958 to 1964.
Kotcheff made his first feature film with Tiara Tahiti 1962. He went on to direct other features during the decade, including Life at the Top 1965 and Two Gentlemen Sharing 1969. In 1971, he directed the classic Australian film Wake in Fright aka Outback 1971. Also in 1971, Kotcheff returned to television, directing the Play for Today production Edna, the Inebriate Woman for the BBC, which won him a BAFTA for Best Director.
He returned home to Canada, where he directed an adaptation of his friend and one-time housemate Mordecai Richler's novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1974 which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Born on April 7, 1931 in Toronto, Canada
Thanks for everything, so far...
Canadian-born director of many popular movies, depending on each and everyones taste.
His parents were Bulgarian immigrants. Kotcheff became the youngest director on the staff of the CBC, where he worked for two years on shows such as General Motors Theatre, Encounter, First Performance and On Camera. In 1958 he left Canada to live and work in the United Kingdom. Kotcheff was responsible for directing some of the best-remembered installments in the Armchair Theatre anthology series from 1958 to 1964.
Kotcheff made his first feature film with Tiara Tahiti 1962. He went on to direct other features during the decade, including Life at the Top 1965 and Two Gentlemen Sharing 1969. In 1971, he directed the classic Australian film Wake in Fright aka Outback 1971. Also in 1971, Kotcheff returned to television, directing the Play for Today production Edna, the Inebriate Woman for the BBC, which won him a BAFTA for Best Director.
He returned home to Canada, where he directed an adaptation of his friend and one-time housemate Mordecai Richler's novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1974 which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Ted Kotcheff has directed over 50 movies and television produductions in all kinds of genrés.
