Bob Kurtz
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Bob Kurtz, founder of Kurtz & Friends Animation, is a director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute
Chouinard Art Institute
The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 in Los Angeles, California, by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard .-Founder:...

. He has taught at the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...

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Director / writer / designer / producer

  • Are We Done Yet?
    Are We Done Yet?
    Are We Done Yet? is a 2007 family comedy film starring Ice Cube. The film is both a remake of the classic Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and a sequel to 2005's comedy Are We There Yet? The film was directed by Steve Carr from a screenplay by Hank Nelken...

    (main titles)
  • The Pink Panther
    The Pink Panther
    The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bungling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers...

    (main titles) (2006)
  • Minority Report
    Minority Report
    "The Minority Report" is a 1956 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in Fantastic Universe. The story is about a future society where murders are prevented through the efforts of three mutants who can see the future...

    ("Pine & Oats" animated sequence)
  • The Way Things Work
    The Way Things Work
    The Way Things Work is a book by David Macaulay. It is intended to serve as an entertaining introduction to everyday machines. It covers machines as simple as levers and gears and as complicated as radio telescopes and automatic transmissions...

    (3D-3 screen experience at Sony's Metreon)
  • George of the Jungle
    George of the Jungle
    George of the Jungle was an American animated series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The character George was inspired by the legend of Tarzan. It ran for 17 episodes on Saturday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on the American TV...

    (main titles)
  • Chevron
    Chevron
    Chevron may refer to:* Chevron , a decoration* Chevron , a bone* Chevron , a fold in rock layers* Chevron , a sediment deposit across the earth's surface* The Chevron, a newspaper...

     ("Dinosaur" commercial)
  • Edith Ann's Christmas: Just Say Noël (Lily Tomlin special) (Peabody Award winner)
  • Four Rooms
    Four Rooms
    Four Rooms is a 1995 portmanteau comedy film telling four stories set in a hotel in the US city of Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. Tim Roth stars as the principal character of the frame tale; he also takes part to some degree in all four stories....

    (main titles)
  • The Roman City (animated version of the David Macaulay
    David Macaulay
    David Macaulay is an author and illustrator. Now a resident of Norwich, Vermont, United States, he is an alumnus and faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design.- Biography :...

     book) (Best Primetime Animation Emmy)
  • Jurassic Park
    Jurassic Park (film)
    Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck...

    ("Mr. DNA" animated sequence)
  • Honeymoon in Vegas
    Honeymoon in Vegas
    Honeymoon in Vegas is a 1992 comedy film directed by Andrew Bergman and starring Nicolas Cage, James Caan and Sarah Jessica Parker.-Plot:...

    (main titles)
  • Honey, I Blew Up The Kid
    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid is the 1992 sequel to the 1989 film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Directed by Randal Kleiser and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri and Amy O'Neill, who reprise their roles as Wayne, Diane, Nick, and Amy Szalinski...

    (main titles)
  • Jetsons: The Movie
    Jetsons: The Movie
    Jetsons: The Movie is a 1990 animated science fiction film produced by Hanna-Barbera and released on July 6, 1990, by Universal Pictures based on the hit cartoon series, The Jetsons . The movie features the final voice roles of George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc who both died during production of the film...

    ('You & Me' animation sequence)
  • Carlin on Campus
    Carlin on Campus
    Carlin on Campus is the fourth HBO special by American comedian George Carlin recorded April 18–19, 1984. The show features mostly new material. The opening features Carlin in Catholic School with a short version of "Class Clown" and animation shorts...

    ('Drawing on My Mind' animated sequences)
  • City Slickers
    City Slickers
    City Slickers is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Helen Slater and Jack Palance. Palance won an Academy Award for his performance....

    (main titles) (also for City Slickers II)
  • Max Dugan Returns
    Max Dugan Returns
    Max Dugan Returns is a 1983 American comedy-drama film starring Jason Robards as the titular Max Dugan, Marsha Mason as his daughter Nora, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, and Matthew Broderick as grandson Michael...

    (main titles)
  • Sesame Street
    Sesame Street
    Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

    ("My Various Me's" and "More Moths" animated sequences)
  • Junior
    Junior
    Junior may refer to:* Junior or Jnr , suffix to names* Junior , status of a student in High School or College.* Junior , an age athletics category - People :Junior:...

    (network ID's for German children's channel) (designer only)

Awards

Winner of over 250 major awards including:
  • Peabody Award
  • Emmy Award
  • Annie Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • Clio Awards
  • International Festival of Short Films - Annecy, France
  • U.S. Television & Film Festival - New York
  • Ottawa/Hamilton Canadian International Animation Festival
  • Chicago International Film Festival
  • Society of Illustrators - New York
  • London Television Advertising Awards
  • Andy Awards
  • Telly Awards

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