Fred Fuchs

{{Infobox person

| name = Frederic S. Fuchs

| image =

| other_names = Frederic Fuchs, Fred S. Fuchs

| nationality = Canadian and American

| occupation = Film and television producer

| known_for = Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Godfather Part III

}}

Frederic S. Fuchs ({{IPAc-en|f|j|u:|k|s}}) is a television and film producer active in the United States and Canada, where he holds dual citizenship.{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2006 |title=CBC's New Executive Citizen of Canada, U.S. |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=A.02}} He became an executive in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 3, 2006.{{Cite web |last=CBC/Radio-Canada, News Releases |date=March 29, 2006 |title=Fred Fuchs Appointed Executive Director, Arts & Entertainment Programming, CBC Television |url=http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/newsreleases/20060329tv.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126121358/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/newsreleases/20060329tv.shtml |archive-date=January 26, 2007 |access-date=January 27, 2007 |website=Radio-Canada}}

Career

Fuchs became known for the television series Faerie Tale Theatre. He afterwards became president of American Zoetrope, and thus had a hand in producing films such as The Godfather Part III (1990), The Rainmaker (1997) and The Virgin Suicides (1999). With CBC, his work included the television series What It's Like Being Alone (2006). Later, he was an executive producer of the Starz and GK-TV series Camelot. 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.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2017-06-14 |title=Cinema group unveils plans for 81-year-old Westdale Theatre in Hamilton |url=https://www.thespec.com/things-to-do/cinema-group-unveils-plans-for-81-year-old-westdale-theatre-in-hamilton/article_9da459a1-2b15-5c97-80ca-e87be350deb7.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |language=en |issn=1189-9417}}

Fuchs gained further attention when he was the subject of a joke in the web series Angry Video Game Nerd, 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 Gilbert Gottfried portraying a fictionalized version of him, as a deranged programmer who developed the PlayStation 4 game Life of Black Tiger (actually from Korean developer 1Games).{{Cite web |last=Dick |first=Jeremy |date=July 30, 2019 |title=Angry Video Game Nerd Gets Gilbert Gottfried As Arch-Nemesis Fred |url=https://movieweb.com/angry-video-game-nerd-gilbert-gottfried-fred/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=MovieWeb.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Pinera |first=Alexander |date=November 1, 2020 |title=The Angry Video Game Nerd I and II Deluxe Review |url=https://fictiontalk.com/2020/11/01/the-angry-video-game-nerd-i-and-ii-deluxe-review/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=FictionTalk.com}}

Honours

Fuchs was nominated for Emmy Awards in 1988, 1997 and 1998, for producing the TV series Tall Tales and Legends, the TV miniseries The Odyssey and the TV miniseries Moby Dick.{{Cite web |title=Awards for Fred Fuchs |url=http://imdb.com/name/nm0297209 |website=IMDb}}

Filmography

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

=Film=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Credit
1988	Tucker: The Man and His Dream
rowspan=2\| 1989	New York Stories
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days	Executive producer
rowspan=2\| 1990	The Spirit of '76	Executive producer
The Godfather Part III	Executive producer
rowspan=2\| 1992	Wind	Executive producer
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1993	The Secret Garden
rowspan=2\| 1994	Don Juan DeMarco
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Executive producer
1995	Haunted
1996	Jack
rowspan=2\| 1997	Buddy
The Rainmaker
1998	Lani Loa – The Passage	Executive producer
rowspan=3\| 1999	The Florentine	Executive producer
The Virgin Suicides	Executive producer
The Third Miracle
2000	Beautiful Joe
2006	The End of Silence	Executive producer
2007	Graduation	Executive producer
rowspan=3\| 2016	Population Zero	Executive producer
Total Frat Movie	Executive producer
Milton's Secret
rowspan=2\| 2018	Love Jacked	Executive producer
Little Italy	Executive producer
2020	Monkey Beach	Executive producer
2021	The Virtuoso	Executive producer

;Miscellaneous crew

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

1978

Jennifer

Production assistant

;As an actor

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

1995

City Dragon

Karate Dojo Fighters

;Thanks

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Role
1988	Killer Klowns from Outer Space	rowspan=2\| Special thanks
2009	High Life
2021	The Virtuoso	The producers wish to thank

=Television=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Notes
1986	Popples	Executive producer	Television pilot
1985−86	Tall Tales & Legends
1982−87	Faerie Tale Theatre	Associate producer
1988	Vietnam War Story	Executive producer
1990	The Godfather Family: A Look Inside	Executive producer	Documentary
rowspan=2\| 1995	Tecumseh: The Last Warrior	Executive producer	Television film
Kidnapped	Executive producer	Television film
rowspan=2\| 1996	Dark Angel	Executive producer	Television film
Titanic	Executive producer
rowspan=3\| 1997	Riot	Executive producer	Television film
Survival on the Mountain	Executive producer	Television film
The Odyssey	Executive producer
rowspan=2\| 1998	Outrage	Executive producer	Television film
Moby Dick	Executive producer
2005	Yesteryears	Executive producer	Television short
2006	What It's Like Being Alone	Executive producer
2011	Camelot	Executive producer
2013	Mother Up!	Executive producer
2012−14	Transporter: The Series	Executive producer

;Miscellaneous crew

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Notes
2007	The Robber Bride	Executive director: CBC TV Arts and Entertainment	Television film
2009	Being Erica	Executive director
2007−10	The Tudors	Executive director