William Theodore Kotcheff (born April 7, 1931) is a Canadian director and producer of film and television. He is known for directing such films as the seminal Australian New Wave picture
Wake in Fright (1971), the Mordechai Richler adaptations
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) and
Joshua Then and Now (1985), the original Rambo film
First Blood (1982), and the comedies
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977),
North Dallas Forty (1979), and
Weekend at Bernie's (1989). Kotcheff has been nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction, a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, and twice for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or. He won the ...
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