Tapert, Robert G. 1955- (Rip Tapert, Rob Tapert, Robert Tapert)

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Tapert, Robert G. 1955- (Rip Tapert, Rob Tapert, Robert Tapert)

PERSONAL

Born in 1955; son of Robert G. Sr. (a consultant) and Pat (a teacher) Tapert; married Lucy Lawless (an actress), March 28, 1998; children: Julius Robert Bay, Daisy (stepdaughter). Education: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, undergraduate degree in economics.

Addresses:

Office—Ghost House Pictures/Ghost House Television, 315 South Beverly Dr., Suite 216, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Producer and director. Renaissance Pictures, partner and producer; Ghost House Pictures, Beverly Hills, CA, principal; Ghost House Television, Beverly Hills, CA, partner.

Member:

Society for Creative Filmmaking (cofounder).

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; Series:

M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, 1994.

(As Robert Tapert; with Sam Raimi) Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1995-2001.

(With Raimi) Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995-99.

Spy Game, 1997.

Young Hercules, syndicated, 1998-99.

(With Raimi) Jack of All Trades, 2000.

(With Raimi) Cleopatra 2525, syndicated, 2000.

Television Creator; Series:

Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1995-2001.

Young Hercules, syndicated, 1998-99.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

(As Robert Tapert) Hercules and the Circle of Fire (also known as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys—Hercules and the Circle of Fire), 1994.

Hercules and the Amazon Women, 1994.

(As Robert Tapert) Hercules in the Underworld, syndicated, 1994.

(As Robert Tapert) Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, syndicated, 1994.

(As Robert Tapert) Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (also known as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys—Hercules and the Lost Kingdom), syndicated, 1994.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

M.A.N.T.I.S., 1994.

American Gothic, CBS, 1995.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Once a Hero," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1996.

(As Robert Tapert) "Destiny," Xena: Warrior Princess (also known as Xena), syndicated, c. 1996.

"Paradise Found," Xena: Warrior Princess (also known as Xena), syndicated, 1999.

"A Friend in Need: Parts 1 & 2," Xena: Warrior Princess (also known as Xena), syndicated, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(Uncredited) Crowd member, "Gladiator," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995.

Himself, "The Xena Scrolls," Xena: Warrior Princess (also known as Xena), syndicated, 1997.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T.), syndicated, 1997.

(Uncredited) Audience member, Celebrity Duets, Fox, 2006.

Also appeared as himself, "Sam Raimi," The Incredibly Strange Film Show (also known as Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show), Channel 4.

Film Work:

(As Rip Tapert) Producer and executive producer, Within the Woods (short), 1978.

Executive producer and producer, The Evil Dead (also known as Book of the Dead, Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead," and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror), New Line Cinema, 1982.

Producer, Crimewave (also known as Broken Hearts and Noses and The XYZ Murders), Columbia/Embassy, 1985.

Producer, Evil Dead II (also known as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn and Evil Dead II, the Sequel to the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror), Rosebud Releasing/Rosebud Communications Releasing, 1987.

Producer, Easy Wheels, 1989.

(As Robert Tapert) Producer, Darkman, Universal, 1990.

Executive producer, Lunatics: A Love Story, RCA Home Video, 1991.

Executive producer, Hard Target, Universal, 1993.

Producer, Army of Darkness (also known as Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3, Army of Darkness, the Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness, Captain Supermarket, Evil Dead 3, and The Medieval Dead), Universal, 1993.

(As Robert Tapert) Producer, Timecop, Universal, 1994.

(As Robert Tapert) Executive producer, Darkman II: The Return of Durant, Universal, 1994.

Executive producer, The Quick and the Dead, TriStar, 1995.

Executive producer, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, MCA Home Entertainment, 1996.

Executive producer, Hercules and Xena—the Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus, Universal Pictures Home Video, 1998.

Executive producer, Young Hercules, MCA Home Entertainment, 1998.

Producer, The Gift, Paramount Classics, 2000.

Director and producer, "Xena: Warrior Princess"—A Friend in Need (The Director's Cut), 2002.

(As Rob Tapert) Producer, The Grudge (also kwon as Der Fluch and The Juon), 2004.

(As Rob Tapert) Producer, Boogeyman (also known as Boogeyman—Der schwarze mann), Screen Gems, 2005.

Executive producer, Xena: The 10th Anniversary Collection, Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2005.

(As Rob Tapert) The Grudge 2, Columbia, 2006.

Producer, The Messengers, Columbia, 2007.

Executive producer, Rise: Blood Hunter, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2007.

Producer, 30 Days of Night, Columbia, 2007.

Producer, Boogeyman 2, Columbia, 2008.

Film Appearances:

Torro, Torro, Torro!, 1981.

Cleveland Smith, 1982.

(Uncredited) Local yokel, The Evil Dead (also known as Book of the Dead and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror), New Line Cinema, 1982.

(Uncredited) Man with glasses in bar, Going Back, 1984.

Himself, The Men Behind the Army, 1999.

Himself, The Making of "Evil Dead II" or The Gore the Merrier, 2000.

Himself, A Powerful Rage: Behind "The Grudge," 2005.

Himself, Xena Warrior Princess: The Final Season, 2005.

Himself, Xena: The 10th Anniversary Collection, 2005.

Himself, Exhuming "The Messengers" (documentary), 2007.