Biography
Buzz Feitshans, born Frederick Rollin Feitshans III on 17 January 1937 in Los Angeles, is an American film producer. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1962 with a degree in education and began his career as a film editor, first at the American Broadcasting Company and then at American International Pictures, where he became head of the editorial department.
Feitshans made his producing debut with Dillinger (1973), written and directed by John Milius, with whom he formed a long collaboration. He produced several of Milius’s films, including Big Wednesday (1978), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Red Dawn (1984). He also produced the first three Rambo films (First Blood, 1982; Rambo: First Blood Part II, 1985; Rambo III, 1988) and Total Recall (1990) for Carolco Pictures, where he later served as executive vice president of production. In 1992 he joined Cinergi Productions as an executive producer on titles including Tombstone (1993) and Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). He is the son of film editor Fred R. Feitshans Jr. and the father of cinematographer Buzz Feitshans IV.
