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.
