Family membersconfirmedthe news to CanadasThe Globe and Mail.
He also won a BAFTA TV Award in 1972 for the BBC dramaPlay for Today.
By the 1970s, he was focused on longform projects, including features and several made-for-TV movies.
Ted Kotcheff in 1988Everett Collection
It left me speechless, Martin Scorsese once said of the pic.
Said critic Roger Ebert called it, Powerful, genuinely shocking and rather amazing.
He followed that up with the wildly underrated and underseenWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
‘Joshua Then and Now,’ left, and ‘Wake in Fright’Everett Collection
But his biggest successes were still to come.
Kotcheff also directedFirst Blood(1982), starring Sylvester Stallone, which would launch theRambofranchise.
It was an instant hit, spending three consecutive weeks atop the domestic box office.
Kotcheff was not involved in theRambosequels.
The twist: They have to pretend the guy (played by Terry Kiser) is still alive.
It was followed by a 1993 sequel, sans Kotcheff.
The record-breaking series starring Mariska Hargitay remains on the air.
Ted was an integral part of theSVUfamily for over 13 years, EP and creator Wolf told Deadline.
He was not only a great producer and director, he was also a close friend.
I will miss him.
His memoir,Directors Cut,was published in 2017.
