Rupert Hitzig

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Rupert Hitzig
Born (1938-08-15) August 15, 1938 (age 85)
Occupation(s)Director, producer, actor and screenwriter

Rupert Hitzig (born August 15, 1938) is an American director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He graduated from Harvard University.[1]

Career

With executive producer Berry Gordy he produced The Last Dragon (1985), directed by Michael Schultz and written by Louis Venosta.[2] With Robert Boris he wrote the screenplay for Electra Glide in Blue (1973), directed by James William Guercio and starring Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush and Mitchell Ryan.[3] With Alan Landsburg he produced Jaws 3-D (1983), directed by Joe Alves and James Contner as director of photography.[4]

He was looking to direct his first film for under a million of dollars. Chris Black grabbed a copy of The Boy Who Cried Devil and passed it along. Thanks to Black, Richard Corey, Scott Hill and Hitzig, started Night Visitor (1989).[5]

Filmography

Year Title Director Assistant director Producer Writer Actor
TBA The Curse of Hezekiah ✓
TBA Stuff It ✓ ✓ ✓
2009 Dialogues ✓
2006 Four Weeks in May ✓ ✓ ✓
T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K. ✓ ✓ ✓
2003 Static ✓
Box Time: Playhouse ✓
2002 NASCAR Victory Lane: All Access ✓
1998 Nowhere Land ✓
1994 Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart ✓
1993 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol ✓
1990 Backstreet Dreams ✓ ✓
1989 Night Visitor ✓
1987 The Squeeze ✓
1985 The Last Dragon ✓ ✓
1983 Jaws 3-D ✓ ✓
1981 Wolfen ✓ ✓
Cattle Annie and Little Britches ✓
1980 Thanksgiving Special ✓
Happy Birthday, Gemini ✓
1979 Third Annual Final Warning!! ✓
1978 How to Pick Up Girls! ✓
Second Final Warning ✓
1977 Final Warning ✓
1976 Ivan the Terrible ✓
Return to Earth ✓
The Second Annual Comedy Awards ✓
1975 Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell ✓
1974 Energy Crisis ✓
1973 Electra Glide in Blue ✓ ✓
Much Ado About Nothing ✓
Birds of Prey ✓
1970 NBC Children's Theatre ✓

References

  1. ISBN 9780865347489
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  2. ^ Orange, B. Alan (July 27, 2015). "The Last Dragon 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Trailer". MovieWeb. Watchr Media. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Guiso, Giovanna (January 18, 2019). "Cinema e Motori – "Electra Glide In Blue" l'altra faccia delle 2 ruote anni '70". AF Digitale (in Italian). Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  4. ISBN 9780813140704
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  5. ISBN 9781476625638
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External links
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