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name: "Lee H. Katzin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-h-katzin"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 April 1935"
died: "30 October 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T18:10:03.975687+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lee H. Katzin

Director. Born 12 April 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 30 October 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 April 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 30 October 2002
- **Active:** 1966–1984
- **Works often with:** John Llewellyn Moxey, Michael O'Herlihy, Paul Krasny, Virgil W. Vogel

## Biography

Lee H. Katzin (12 April 1935 – 30 October 2002) was an American film and television director. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he graduated from Harvard University in 1957 with a degree in clinical psychology. He began working in Hollywood in the late 1950s as an assistant director and started directing television episodes in 1965.

Katzin directed episodes of numerous series, including *Mission: Impossible* (1966), for which he received an Emmy nomination, *The Wild Wild West* (1965), *MacGyver* (1985), *Miami Vice* (1984) and *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993). His feature films include *Heaven with a Gun* (1969), *What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?* (1969), *Le Mans* (1971) and *The Salzburg Connection* (1972). He also directed the premiere episode of *Space: 1999* (1975) and pilots for other series.

He was primarily known as a prolific director of episodic television and made-for-television films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Director

## Also known for

- *MacGyver* (1985), Director
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), Director
- *Le Mans* (1971), Director
- *Automan* (1983), Director
- *Space: 1999* (1975), Director
- *CHiPs* (1977), Director
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), Director
- *In the Heat of the Night* (1988), Director

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