Raised in the slums of Toronto during the Depression, Ted Kotcheff learned storytelling on the streets before taking a stagehand job at CBC. Discovering his skills with actors and production, Kotcheff went on to direct some of the greatest films of the 1970s, including The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Wake in Fright and North Dallas Forty. After directing '80s blockbusters First Blood and Weekend at Bernie's, Kotcheff helped produce the groundbreaking TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Witty and fearless, Director's Cut is not just a memoir, but a close-up on life and craft.