Fred Fuchs

Frederic S. Fuchs is a television and film producer active in the United States and Canada, where he holds dual citizenship. He became an executive in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on April 3, 2006.

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.

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). 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 original release, his likeness was based on that of the game's lead programmer, Sam Beddoes, while in the rerelease, 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 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.

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

Film Year Film Credit 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1989 New York Stories Vietnam War Story: The Last Days Executive producer 1990 The Spirit of '76 Executive producer The Godfather Part III Executive producer 1992 Wind Executive producer Bram Stoker's Dracula 1993 The Secret Garden 1994 Don Juan DeMarco Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Executive producer 1995 Haunted 1996 Jack 1997 Buddy The Rainmaker 1998 Lani Loa – The Passage Executive producer 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 2016 Population Zero Executive producer Total Frat Movie Executive producer Milton's Secret 2018 Love Jacked Executive producer Little Italy Executive producer 2020 Monkey Beach Executive producer 2021 The Virtuoso Executive producer

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role 1978 Jennifer Production assistant

As an actor

Year Film Role 1995 City Dragon Karate Dojo Fighters

Thanks

Year Film Role 1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space Special thanks 2009 High Life 2021 The Virtuoso The producers wish to thank

Television Year Title Credit 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 1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior Executive producer Television film Kidnapped Executive producer Television film 1996 Dark Angel Executive producer Television film Titanic Executive producer 1997 Riot Executive producer Television film Survival on the Mountain Executive producer Television film The Odyssey Executive producer 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

Year Title Role 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

Thanks

Year Title Role Notes 1990 The Godfather Family: A Look Inside Thanks Documentary 2008 jPod Special thanks