Ted Kotchef’s Death, Rambo Director and Unknown Wake in Fright

Directed by Ted Kotchef, who we debt to Rambo and worshiped Fright, died on Thursday, April 10, at the age of 94.

James Mason’s first long

Ted Kotchef, born in Toronto, Bulgarian parents made his debut at the age of 24, after studying English literature. He is then the youngest director of the CBC channel (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). After he brought his weapons to the episodes of television soap operas, he made his first feature film in 1962: James Mason, the wonderful islands of the islands, which were designated for the best screenplay.

Three years later, during which he continued shooting on a small screen, he signs the life of Lauren Harvia, which is a continuation of the movie Les Chemins de la Haute Ville (1965) by Jack Clayton by Simone Signoret and Heather Sears.

Wake in Fright, a completely forgotten cult film

After a few TV films, including the adaptation of Joseph Steinbeck mice and men and British romance two masters, he emigrated in 1971 to Australia to realize Wake up with fearVigilance and hallucinated nightmare of Outback under the huge sunlight. The film, which has been gaining a small cult status for years, is presented at the Cannes Film Festival competition and celebrates its career flight.

However, he will not leave the TV and is also interested in the theater where he has received great success with Maggie May Maggie. In 1974, he made a western colt for Gregory Pack, as well as the apprenticeship of the comedy The Duddy Kravitz with Richard Dreyfu, who was appointed to the Golden Globe for the Best Foreign Film and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

New Hollywood and Rambo!

From 1977 to 1989, Ted Kotchef’s career, which had previously shared between the TV and the movie theater, became exclusively on the big screen. During this time, he was directed by Jacqueline Bisset (La Grande Kitchen, 1978), Nick Noltas (1979) or Kurt Russell (Winter People, 1989). Was released in 1982 RamboIts greatest commercial success, but also one of the most emblem characters in Sylvester Stallone’s filmography, which will play three times since then.

New – York Producer – Special Division

In 1989, after Bern with Crazy Comedy Weekend, Ted Kotchefef returns to his first love and barely works on television films. After Stallon, it was Dolph Lundgren, another star of action films in 1980-1990, which he made in 1995. This spy thriller is his latest feature film.

In the 2000s, Ted Kotchee presented the seven episodes of the New York Police Series – a special department, but he was especially a delegate producer that he performed two hundred fifty episodes by 2012.