Rupert Hitzig
# Rupert Hitzig

Rupert Hitzig (born August 15, 1938) is an American director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He graduated from Harvard University.

## Career

With executive producer Berry Gordy he produced The Last Dragon (1985), directed by Michael Schultz and written by Louis Venosta. With Robert Boris he wrote the screenplay for Electra Glide in Blue (1973), directed by James William Guercio and starring Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush and Mitchell Ryan. With Alan Landsburg he produced Jaws 3-D (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).

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Assistant director | Producer | Writer | Actor |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TBA | The Curse of Hezekiah | ✓ | | | | |
| TBA | Stuff It | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2009 | Dialogues | | | | | ✓ |
| 2006 | Four Weeks in May | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2006 | T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K. | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2003 | Static | | | ✓ | | |
| 2003 | 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 | | ✓ | ✓ | | |
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | | | ✓ | | |
| 1980 | Thanksgiving Special | | | ✓ | | |
| 1980 | Happy Birthday, Gemini | | | ✓ | | |
| 1979 | Third Annual Final Warning!! | | | ✓ | | |
| 1978 | How to Pick Up Girls! | | | ✓ | | |
| 1978 | Second Final Warning | | | ✓ | | |
| 1977 | Final Warning | | | ✓ | | |
| 1976 | Ivan the Terrible | | | ✓ | | |
| 1976 | Return to Earth | | | ✓ | | |
| 1976 | The Second Annual Comedy Awards | | | ✓ | | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell | | | ✓ | | |
| 1974 | Energy Crisis | | | ✓ | | |
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | | | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 1973 | Much Ado About Nothing | | | ✓ | | |
| 1973 | Birds of Prey | | | | ✓ | |
| 1970 | NBC Children's Theatre | | | ✓ | | |
