# Rupert Hitzig

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American actor

Rupert Hitzig Born (1938-08-15) August 15, 1938 (age 87) Occupations Director, producer, actor and screenwriter

**Rupert Hitzig** (born August 15, 1938) is an American [director](/source/Film_director), [producer](/source/Film_producer), [actor](/source/Actor) and [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter). He graduated from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University).[1]

## Career

With executive producer [Berry Gordy](/source/Berry_Gordy) he produced *[The Last Dragon](/source/The_Last_Dragon)* (1985), directed by [Michael Schultz](/source/Michael_Schultz) and written by Louis Venosta.[2] With [Robert Boris](/source/Robert_Boris) he wrote the screenplay for *[Electra Glide in Blue](/source/Electra_Glide_in_Blue)* (1973), directed by [James William Guercio](/source/James_William_Guercio) and starring [Robert Blake](/source/Robert_Blake_(actor)), [Billy Green Bush](/source/Billy_Green_Bush) and [Mitchell Ryan](/source/Mitchell_Ryan).[3] With [Alan Landsburg](/source/Alan_Landsburg) he produced *[Jaws 3-D](/source/Jaws_3-D)* (1983), directed by [Joe Alves](/source/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](/source/Chris_Black_(screenwriter)) 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](/source/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. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Brockway, Merrill (2010). [*Surprise was My Teacher: Memories and Confessions of a Television Producer/director who Came of Age During Television's Adolescence*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8kspv2V_0ksC&pg=PA49). Sunstone Press. p. 49. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780865347489](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780865347489).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Orange, B. Alan (July 27, 2015). ["The Last Dragon 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Trailer"](https://movieweb.com/last-dragon-trailer-30th-anniversary-blu-ray/). *[MovieWeb](/source/MovieWeb)*. Watchr Media. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Guiso, Giovanna (January 18, 2019). ["Cinema e Motori – "Electra Glide In Blue" l'altra faccia delle 2 ruote anni '70"](https://afdigitale.it/cinema-e-motori-electra-glide-in-blue-laltra-faccia-delle-2-ruote-anni-70/). *AF Digitale* (in Italian). Retrieved April 27, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Zone, Ray (July 29, 2012). [*3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MmYhDg5tGJYC&pg=PA118). [University Press of Kentucky](/source/University_Press_of_Kentucky). p. 118. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780813140704](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813140704).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Borseti, Francesco (August 16, 2016). [*It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers*](https://books.google.com/books?id=s3jpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA170). [McFarland Publishing](/source/McFarland_Publishing). p. 170. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781476625638](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781476625638).

## External links

- [Rupert Hitzig](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386991/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Rupert Hitzig](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rupert_hitzig) at [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)

- [Rupert Hitzig](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/3030497738/) at *[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)*

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