Frederic S. Fuchs is a television and film producer active in the United States and Canada, where he holds

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. He became an executive in the

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on April 3, 2006. Fuchs became known for the television series ''

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''. He afterwards became president of

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, and thus had a hand in producing films such as ''

The Godfather Part III ''The Godfather Part III'' is a 1990 American crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo. The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, ...

'' (1990), '' The Rainmaker'' (1997) and ''

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'' (1999). With CBC, his work included the television series ''

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'' (2006). Later, he was an executive producer of the

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and GK-TV series ''

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''. Most recently, Fuchs has been the executive producer of the films ''

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'' (2020) and '' The Virtuoso'' (2021). He also has founded a charitable organization that owns and operates an independent cinema, the Westdale Theatre, in Hamilton, Ontario. Fuchs gained further attention when he was the subject of a joke in the cult series ''

Angry Video Game Nerd ''The Angry Video Game Nerd'' (abbreviated as ''AVGN'') is an American retrogaming review comedy web series created by and starring James Rolfe. The series centers on Rolfe's titular skit character, often simply shortened to "the Nerd" (sometime ...

'', originating in an episode where

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's character "The Nerd" sees Fuchs' name in the credits of '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' and jokingly pronounces it "Fred Fucks". This later became a recurring joke throughout the series, with

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portraying a fictionalized version of him, as a deranged programmer who developed the

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game ''Life of Black Tiger'' (actually from Korean developer 1Games). A separate fictionalization of Fuchs additionally appears as the final boss in ''Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures'' and its enhanced port ''Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe''; the latter sees him was given a new design in Gottfried's likeness and new dialogue matching the personality of Gottfried's portrayal of the character.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

;Miscellaneous crew ;As an actor ;Thanks

Television

;Miscellaneous crew ;Thanks

Honors

Fuchs has been nominated for

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s in 1988, 1997 and 1998 for producing ''

Tall Tales and Legends ''Tall Tales & Legends'' (also known as ''Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends'') is an American folklore anthology television series of 9 episodes created by television and film actress Shelley Duvall, who also served as Executive Producer and Pr ...

'' (1985) and television films on ''

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'' and ''

Moby Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship '' Pequod'', for revenge against Moby Dick, the giant wh ...

''.

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,
Awards for Fred Fuchs
" URL accessed January 27, 2007.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuchs, Fred American film producers American television producers Canadian film producers Canadian television producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)