Rupert Hitzig

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

Rupert Hitzig
Born	(1938-08-15) August 15, 1938 (age 86)
Occupation(s)	Director, producer, actor and screenwriter

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