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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Brockway, Merrill (2010). Surprise was My Teacher: Memories and Confessions of a Television Producer/director who Came of Age During Television's Adolescence. Sunstone Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780865347489.
  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. ^ Zone, Ray (July 29, 2012). 3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema. University Press of Kentucky. p. 118. ISBN 9780813140704.
  5. ^ Borseti, Francesco (August 16, 2016). It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers. McFarland Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 9781476625638.
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