Ted Kotcheff

William Theodore Ted Kotcheff grew up in Toronto and went to the University of Toronto graduating in English Literature just as the television age dawned in Canada He started his career as a stagehand with CBC Television in 1952 and went on to become the youngest staff director at the CBC where he eventually worked on programs like the iGeneral Motors Theatrei He left Canada in 1958 to live and work in the United Kingdom where he landed a job as a director on the Armchair Theatre series directing several teleplays between 1958 and 1960 In addition to his television work he also directed several productions for the theatre and in 1962 directed his first feature film iTiara Tahitii The world premiere of emWake in Fright aka Outbackem occurred on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival on May 13 1971 It was shot in Broken Hill New South Wales Australia and is a cult film in that country and elsewhere Kotcheff returned to Canada in 1972 directing several films including iThe Appenticeship of Duddy Kravitzi He is pictured above at the 2014 Prix Jutra which honoured emDuddyem costar a hreflanctotmichelineMicheline Lanctta with a Lifetime Achievement AwardbrbrAlso see Ted Kotcheff talks about the making of a hrefkotchefftedonduddykravitzThe Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzabrAlso see a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscatedkotcheffatfantasiaTed Kotcheff at Fantasiaabrbrbr