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name: "Buzz Feitshans"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/buzz-feitshans"
fi1m_id: "buzz-feitshans"
imdb_id: "nm0270809"
tmdb_id: 12882
wikidata_id: "Q15455603"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 January 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T20:20:57.065623+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Buzz Feitshans

## Identity

Buzz Feitshans

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/buzz-feitshans
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** buzz-feitshans
- **IMDb ID:** nm0270809
- **TMDB ID:** 12882
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15455603
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Feitshans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15455603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12882

Producer. Born 17 January 1937 in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 January 1937, Los Angeles
- **Active:** 1982–1995
- **Also known as:** Frederick Rollin Feitshans III
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Crenna](https://film.one/person/richard-crenna.md), [Sylvester Stallone](https://film.one/person/sylvester-stallone.md), [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://film.one/person/arnold-schwarzenegger.md), [Michael Ironside](https://film.one/person/michael-ironside.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 62 (3), 1990s 81 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 61 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 3, Thriller 3, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,010m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Feitshans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15455603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12882

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*First Blood*](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md) (74), [*Rambo III*](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md) (39)
- **Hulu:** [*Total Recall*](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Conan the Barbarian*](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *Total Recall* (1990), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Rambo III* (1988), Fi1m 39, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *First Blood* (1982), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shadow Conspiracy* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *Color of Night* (1994), Producer
- *Renaissance Man* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Tombstone* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Total Recall* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Rambo III* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/rambo-iii.md)
- *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), Producer
- *Rambo: First Blood Part II* (1985), Producer
- *Red Dawn* (1984), Producer
- *Uncommon Valor* (1983), Producer
- *First Blood* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *1941* (1979), Producer
- *Hardcore* (1979), Producer
- *Big Wednesday* (1978), Producer
- *Hard Times* (1975), Production Executive
- *Foxy Brown* (1974), Producer
- *Act of Vengeance* (1974), Producer
- *Dillinger* (1973), Producer
- *Coffy* (1973), Producer
- *Boxcar Bertha* (1972), Editor
- *Thunder Alley* (1967), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1989: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Rambo III*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1986: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (won), for *Rambo: First Blood Part II*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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