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Ted Kochiv, the director behind The weekend in Bernieand The first bloodMoreover, he died at the age of 94 of the heart failure in Mexico, his daughter confirms Canadian press. He lived in Mexico while he was retiring with his wife, where he “died of old age, and surrounded by their loved ones,” as his son, Thomas, says to CBC Canada. His 94th birthday was a few days ago. “Ted was an integral part of the SVU for more than 13 years. He was not only a great producer and director, but also an intimate friend. I will miss him,” Dick Wolf shared in diverse From his collaboratory on SUV.
From the action films like Rambo for the first time The first blood To Westerners like Billy two caps, There was no type that Kochiv did not direct. He began his entertainment career in the general television broadcast in Canada before moving across the pool to the United Kingdom in 1958. Al -Kursi Theater During the rise of the width. His first movie, British comedy Tahiti, He became the beginning of his career in directing in the cinema, and after several other films for television, he got his first movie at the Cannes Festival: 1971’s I woke up in fear. The entry of Australia and a film had a decisive approval that helped start the movement of the new tigers.
Once Kotcheff arrived in Hollywood, he was outside the races. Throughout the 1980s, wore different types in Hollywood: Comedy with Fun with Dick and Jin, Sports movie with North Dallas fortyAnd a movement with a movement with The first blood Before finishing the contract with one of his largest songs, The weekend in Bernie. In the end, he returned to TV, to become a long -term producer Law and System: SUV Until 2012.
