Ted Kotcheff
Canadian film and television director (1931–2025)
1.44body-of-work score · ranked #661 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 7, 1931 · Toronto
- Died
- April 10, 2025 · Nuevo Nayarit
- Nationality
- Canada
- Work
- film director, film producer, television director, television producer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 11.001 citation
- 20.191 citation
- 30.141 citation
- 4
1971 · Australia / United States · drama, thriller
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1962Tiara Tahiti
- 1965Life at the Top
- 1966The Human Voice
- 1967The Desperate Hours
- 1968Of Mice and Men
- 1969Two Gentlemen Sharing
- 1971Edna, the Inebriate Woman
- 1971Wake in Fright
- 1972Joan Sutherland: Who's Afraid Of Opera: "The Barber Of Seville"
- 1974Billy Two Hats
- 1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- 1977Fun with Dick and Jane
- 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
- 1979North Dallas Forty
- 1982First Blood
- 1982Split Image
- 1983Uncommon Valor
- 1985Joshua Then and Now
- 1987Switching Channels
- 1989Weekend at Bernie's
- 1989Winter People
- 1992Folks!
- 1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
- 1995A Family of Cops
- 1995The Shooter
- 1997Borrowed Hearts
- 1999Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly