Rupert Hitzig (born August 15, 1938) is an American

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, producer,

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and

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. He graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

Career

With executive producer

Berry Gordy Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), also known as Berry Gordy Jr., is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and i ...

he produced ''

The Last Dragon ''The Last Dragon'' (sometimes listed as ''Berry Gordy's'' ''The Last Dragon'') is a 1985 American musical Martial arts film directed by Michael Schultz, written by Louis Venosta, and produced by Rupert Hitzig for Berry Gordy. The film star ...

'' (1985), directed by

Michael Schultz Michael Schultz (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of theater, film and television. Life and career Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of an African-American mother Katherine Frances Leslie (1917–199 ...

and written by Louis Venosta. With

Robert Boris Robert Boris (October 12, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. Life and career During the 1970s and 1980s Robert Boris wrote or co-wrote various original or adapted screenplays and dialogues, either for TV or feature ...

he wrote the screenplay for '' Electra Glide in Blue'' (1973), directed by

James William Guercio James William Guercio (born July 18, 1945) is an American music producer, musician, songwriter and director. He is best known for his work as the producer of Chicago's first eleven studio albums. He also produced the early recordings of The Buckin ...

and starring

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Billy Green Bush William Warren Bush (born November 7, 1935) is an American actor usually credited as Billy Green Bush, and sometimes as Billy Greenbush. Typecast Bush is a character actor, typically projecting in his screen appearances the good-ol'-boy image. H ...

and

Mitchell Ryan Mitchell Ryan (January 11, 1934 – March 4, 2022) was an American actor. His six decades of television credits, he is best known for playing Burke Devlin in the 1960s gothic subculture, gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows'', and later for his co- ...

. With

Alan Landsburg Alan William Landsburg (May 10, 1933 – August 13, 2014) was an American Screenwriter, television writer, Television producer, producer, and Television director, director. He was the founder and CEO of Alan Landsburg Productions and the Landsbu ...

he produced ''

Jaws 3-D ''Jaws 3-D'' (titled ''Jaws III'' in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American horror film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. As the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws' ...

'' (1983), directed by Joe Alves and James Contner as director of photography. 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).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitzig, Rupert 1938 births Living people American documentary film directors American documentary film producers American male screenwriters American television writers 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors Male actors from Los Angeles County, California Harvard University alumni