Rupert Hitzig

Rupert Hitzig is an American director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He graduated from Harvard University.[1]

Rupert Hitzig
OccupationDirector, 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]

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 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 (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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