Robert G. Tapert Biography (1955?-)

Born c. 1955; married Lucy Lawless (an actress), March 28, 1998; children: Julius Robert Bay.

Gender
Male
Occupation
Producer, director

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Television Work
  • Series; Executive Producer, Except Where Indicated
  • M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, beginning 1994
  • (As Robert Tapert; with Sam Raimi; also creator) Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1995-2001
  • (With Raimi) Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995-99
  • Spy Game, beginning 1997
  • (With Raimi) Jack of All Trades, beginning 2000
  • (With Raimi) Cleopatra 2525, syndicated, beginning 2000
  • Television Executive Producer
  • Movies
  • 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, syndicated, 1994
  • Television Director
  • Episodic
  • "Once a Hero," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, c. 1996
  • (As Robert Tapert) "Destiny," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated,c. 1996
  • Other Television Work
  • Executive Producer
  • M.A.N.T.I.S. (pilot), 1994
  • American Gothic, CBS, 1995
  • Television Appearances
  • Episodic
  • (Uncredited) Crowd member, "Gladiator," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
  • Himself, "The Xena Scrolls," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1997
  • Film Work
  • Executive Producer, Except Where Indicated
  • (And producer) The Evil Dead (also known as Book of the Dead and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror), NewLine Cinema, 1982
  • Lunatics: A Love Story, RCA Home Video, 1991
  • Hard Target, Universal, 1993
  • Darkman II: The Return of Durant, Universal, 1994
  • The Quick and the Dead, TriStar, 1995
  • Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, MCA Home Entertainment, 1996
  • Hercules and Xena--the Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus, Universal Pictures Home Video, 1998
  • Young Hercules, MCA Home Entertainment, 1998
  • Producer
  • (As Rip Tapert) Within the Woods (short film; pilot for The Evil Dead), 1978
  • Crimewave (also known as Broken Hearts and Noses and TheXYZ Murders), Columbia/Embassy, 1985
  • 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
  • (As Robert Tapert) Darkman, Universal, 1990
  • 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
  • Timecop, Universal, 1994
  • The Gift, Paramount Classics, 2000
  • Film Appearances
  • Cleveland Smith, 1982
  • (Uncredited) Local yokel, The Evil Dead (also known as Book ofthe Dead and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror), New Line Cinema, 1982
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • Young Hercules, MCA Home Entertainment, 1998

Further Reference

Adaptations

  • Some episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess May, 1999. are based on stories by Tapert.
OTHER SOURCES
    Periodicals
    • Cinefantastique,
    • Starlog, December, 1997.

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