Rupert Hitzig

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Rupert Hitzig
OccupationDirector, producer, actor and screenwriter

Rupert Hitzig 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]

In early 1974, Hitzig came to Buzz Aldrin's home in Hidden Hills, California to offer a formal proposal for the television movie based on Aldrin book Return to Earth.[5] The film was produced by Alan King and Hitzig, and starred Cliff Robertson.[6]

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).[7]

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 ✓
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. ^ 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 (27 July 2015). "The Last Dragon 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Trailer". MovieWeb. Watchr Media. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. ^ Guiso, Giovanna (18 January 2019). "Cinema e Motori – "Electra Glide In Blue" l'altra faccia delle 2 ruote anni '70". AF Digitale (in Italian). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ Zone, Ray (29 July 2012). 3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema. University Press of Kentucky. p. 118. ISBN 9780813140704.
  5. ^ Siegler, Mara; Mohr, Ian (10 January 2018). "Buzz Aldrin a hit on the Hollywood party circuit". Page Six. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ Aldrin, Buzz (17 August 2009). Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon. A&C Black. p. 79. ISBN 9781408807101.
  7. ^ Borseti, Francesco (16 August 2016). It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers. McFarland Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 9781476625638.

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