{{short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Rupert Hitzig | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|08|15}} | occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[Film producer|producer]], [[actor]] and [[screenwriter]] }}
'''Rupert Hitzig''' (born August 15, 1938) is an American [[Film director|director]], [[Film producer|producer]], [[actor]] and [[screenwriter]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kspv2V_0ksC&pg=PA49 |title=Surprise was My Teacher: Memories and Confessions of a Television Producer/director who Came of Age During Television's Adolescence |first=Merrill |last=Brockway |publisher=Sunstone Press |year=2010 |page=49 |isbn=9780865347489}}</ref>
==Career== With executive producer [[Berry Gordy]] he produced ''[[The Last Dragon]]'' (1985), directed by [[Michael Schultz]] and written by Louis Venosta.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movieweb.com/last-dragon-trailer-30th-anniversary-blu-ray/ |title=The Last Dragon 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Trailer |first=B. Alan |last=Orange |date=July 27, 2015 |access-date=April 27, 2019 |work=[[MovieWeb]] |publisher=Watchr Media}}</ref> With [[Robert Boris]] he wrote the screenplay for ''[[Electra Glide in Blue]]'' (1973), directed by [[James William Guercio]] and starring [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]], [[Billy Green Bush]] and [[Mitchell Ryan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://afdigitale.it/cinema-e-motori-electra-glide-in-blue-laltra-faccia-delle-2-ruote-anni-70/ |title=Cinema e Motori – "Electra Glide In Blue" l'altra faccia delle 2 ruote anni '70 |date=January 18, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2019 |first=Giovanna |last=Guiso |work=AF Digitale |language=it}}</ref> With [[Alan Landsburg]] he produced ''[[Jaws 3-D]]'' (1983), directed by [[Joe Alves]] and James Contner as director of photography.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MmYhDg5tGJYC&pg=PA118 |title=3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema |first=Ray |last=Zone |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |date=July 29, 2012 |page=118 |isbn=9780813140704}}</ref>
He was looking to direct his first film for under a million of dollars. [[Chris Black (screenwriter)|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).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3jpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA170 |title=It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers |first=Francesco |last=Borseti |publisher=[[McFarland Publishing]] |date=August 16, 2016 |page=170 |isbn=9781476625638}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; background: #F9F9F9;" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Assistant director ! Producer ! Writer ! Actor |- | TBA | ''The Curse of Hezekiah'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | TBA | ''Stuff It'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | align="center"| ✓ | |- | 2009 | ''Dialogues'' | | | | | align="center"| ✓ |- | rowspan=2| 2006 | ''Four Weeks in May'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | align="center"| ✓ | |- | ''T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K.'' | align="center"| ✓ | | align="center"| ✓ | align="center"| ✓ | |- | rowspan=2| 2003 | ''Static'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''Box Time: Playhouse'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 2002 | ''NASCAR Victory Lane: All Access'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1998 | ''Nowhere Land'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1994 | ''[[Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart ]]'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1993 | ''[[Real Stories of the Highway Patrol]]'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1990 | ''[[Backstreet Dreams (film)|Backstreet Dreams]]'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | align="center"| ✓ |- | 1989 | ''[[Night Visitor]]'' | align="center"| ✓ | | | | |- | 1987 | ''[[The Squeeze (1987 film)|The Squeeze]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1985 | ''[[The Last Dragon]]'' | | align="center"| ✓ | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1983 | ''[[Jaws 3-D]]'' | | align="center"| ✓ | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | rowspan=2| 1981 | ''[[Wolfen (film)|Wolfen]]'' | | align="center"| ✓ | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''[[Cattle Annie and Little Britches]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | rowspan=2| 1980 | ''Thanksgiving Special'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''[[Happy Birthday, Gemini]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1979 | ''Third Annual Final Warning!!'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | rowspan=2| 1978 | ''[[How to Pick Up Girls!]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''Second Final Warning'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1977 | ''Final Warning'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | rowspan=3| 1976 | ''[[Ivan the Terrible (TV series)|Ivan the Terrible]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''[[Return to Earth (film)|Return to Earth]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''The Second Annual Comedy Awards'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1975 | ''[[Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | 1974 | ''Energy Crisis'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | rowspan=3| 1973 | ''[[Electra Glide in Blue]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | align="center"| ✓ | |- | ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1973 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |- | ''[[Birds of Prey (1973 film)|Birds of Prey]]'' | | | |align="center"| ✓ | |- | 1970 | ''[[NBC Children's Theatre]]'' | | | align="center"| ✓ | | |}
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