Along with his in depth characteristic profession, Canadian-Bulgarian filmmaker Ted Kotcheff labored on NBC’s venerable crime drama Legislation & Order’ SVU for its first 13 seasons as a producing director. He began as a co-executive producer, incomes a fast promotion to govt producer firstly of Season 2.
Following Kotcheff’s demise on the age of 94, the he was remembered by former SVU star Chris Meloni.
“Ted Kotcheff was producing director on SVU throughout my time there,” Meloni wrote on Instagram Saturday. “I known as him the Blustery Bulgarian. I liked that man. He was a grasp director- verify his bio- and nice firm. To me his masterpiece was Wake In Fright.”
Most likely finest identified for steering the primary Rambo film, First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Enjoyable with Dick and Jane, Kotcheff additionally helmed and co-wrote the Australia-set 1971 thriller Wake in Fright, starring Gary Bond and Donald Pleasence, which premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition and was nominated for the Palme d’Or.
“It left me speeches,” Martin Scorsese as soon as mentioned of the pic, which was described by critic Roger Ebert as “highly effective, genuinely surprising and quite wonderful.”
Legislation & Order: SVU, created and govt produced by franchise boss Dick Wolf, is now wrapping its twenty sixth season.
“Ted was an integral a part of the SVU household for over 13 years,” Wolf advised Deadline Friday. “He was not solely an incredible producer and director, he was additionally a detailed buddy. I’ll miss him.”
Kotcheff was born in Toronto to Bulgarian immigrant dad and mom. He was awarded Bulgarian citizenship in 2016 and acquired a significant award from the Bulgarian Consulate in Los Angeles in 2022 for his contribution to the humanities.
