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. Witty and fearless, Director's Cut is not just a memoir, but a close-up on life and craft.