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.

Career

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 ''

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

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'' (1999). With CBC, his work included the television series '' What It's Like Being Alone'' (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 '' Monkey Beach'' (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 web series ''

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'', originating in an episode where James Rolfe's character "The Nerd" sees Fuchs' name in the credits of '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' and jokingly pronounces it "Fred Fucks," due to the font used making the "h" look like a "k". 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''; in the latter he was given a new design in Gottfried's likeness and new dialogue matching the personality of Gottfried's portrayal of the character.

Honours

Fuchs was nominated for

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in 1988, 1997 and 1998, for producing the TV series '' Tall Tales and Legends'', the TV miniseries ''

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'' and the TV miniseries ''

Moby Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 Epic (genre), epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler ...

''.

Filmography

He was a producer for all films listed below unless otherwise noted.

Film

;Miscellaneous crew ;As an actor ;Thanks

Television

;Miscellaneous crew ;Thanks

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)