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 Assistantdirector Notes 1961 Five Bold Women Production coordinator 1961 Three Blondes in His Life 1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance 1969 Heaven with a Gun 1969 What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? 1970 The Phynx 1971 Le Mans 1972 The Salzburg Connection 1987 World Gone Wild 1995 The Break 1999 Restraining Order
+Television films Year Title Director Assistantdirector Notes 1961 Las Vegas Beat Second unit assistant 1964 Fanfare for a Death Scene 1967 Hondo and the Apaches 1970 Along Came a Spider 1972 Visions... 1973 Voyage of the Yes 1973 The Stranger 1973 Ordeal 1974 Savages 1974 Strange Homecoming 1975 The Last Survivors 1975 Sky Heist 1976 The Quest 1976 Alien Attack 1977 Relentless 1977 McLaren's Riders 1978 Zuma Beach 1978 Terror Out of the Sky 1979 Samurai 1980 Death Ray 2000 1980 Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop 1981 Hardcase 1982 The Neighborhood 1982 Journey Through the Black Sun 1983 Emergency Room 1985 The Eagle and the Bear 1985 The Adventures of Alexander Hawkins 1985 Soloman's Universe 1987 The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1989 Jake Spanner, Private Eye
+Television series Year Title Director Assistantdirector Notes 1961 The Rebel Season 2 (8 episodes) 1963 Stoney Burke Season 1 (2 episodes) 1963 The Outer Limits Season 1 (9 episodes) 1964–65 Rawhide Season 7 (13 episodes) 1965 Branded Season 1–2 (8 episodes), () Season 2 (6 episodes) () 1965 The Patty Duke Show Season 3 (1 episode) 1966The Wild Wild West Season 1 (2 episodes) 1966 Unit production manager – Season 2 (7 episodes) 1966–67 The Rat Patrol Season 1 (7 episodes) 1967 The Felony Squad Season 1 (2 episodes) 1967–68 Mission: Impossible Season 1–3 (11 episodes) 1967 Hondo Season 1 (4 episodes) 1967 Mannix Season 1 (1 episode) 1968 It Takes a Thief Season 1 (1 episode) 1968 The Mod Squad Season 1 (2 episodes) 1970 Storefront Lawyers Season 1 (1 episode) 1974 McMillan & Wife Season 3 (1 episode) 1975 Space: 1999 Season 1 (2 episodes) 1975–80 Police Story Season 3, 5–6 (5 episodes) 1977 Man from Atlantis Season 1 (1 episode) 1978 The Bastard Miniseries 1982 McClain's Law Season 1 (1 episodes) 1982 Chicago Story Season 1 (1 episode) 1982 CHiPs Season 5 (1 episode) 1982 The Devlin Connection Season 1 (1 episode) 1983 The Mississippi Season 1 (2 episodes) 1983 Automan Season 1 (1 episode) 1983–84 The Yellow Rose Season 1 (10 episodes) 1984 Partners in Crime Season 1 (1 episode) 1984 Miami Vice Season 1 (2 episodes) 1985 Spenser: For Hire Season 1 (1 episode) 1985MacGyver Season 1 (1 episode) 1985 Opening gambit director – Season 1 (4 episodes) 1988–89 In the Heat of the Night Season 2 (3 episodes) 1989–92 The Young Riders Season 1, 3 (6 episodes) 1990 The Outsiders Season 1 (1 episode) 1991 The Exile Season 1 (1 episode) 1991 P.S. I Luv U Season 1 (1 episode) 1993 Raven Season 2 (1 episode) 1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Season 2 (1 episode) 1994 Renegade Season 3 (1 episode) 1994 Fortune Hunter Season 1 (2 episodes)
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