Rupert Hitzig

Rupert Hitzig
Born	(1938-08-15) August 15, 1938 (age 86)
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. 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.

External links

• Rupert Hitzig at IMDb 
• Rupert Hitzig at Rotten Tomatoes
• Rupert Hitzig at TV Guide