Weekend at Bernie’s Director Ted Kotcheff Dead at 94
Across various genres such as the initial Rambo movie “First Blood” and Westerns like “Billy Two Hats”, director Kotcheff found himself at the helm. His journey in the entertainment industry began on Canadian public television broadcasting, later transitioning to the U.K. in 1958. In the UK, he was instrumental in producing the popular British anthology drama “Armchair Theatre” during its peak. The British comedy “Tiara Tahiti” marked his debut in cinema and ignited his career as a director. Following several television films, Kotcheff’s first feature film, “Wake in Fright”, from 1971, made its way to Cannes. This movie, representing Australia, was critically acclaimed and contributed significantly to the emergence of the Australian New Wave movement.