Bob Kurtz (animator)
Bob Kurtz, founder of Kurtz & Friends Animation, is a director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials.[1][2] He attended the Chouinard Art Institute. He has taught at the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.[3] [4][5][6]
Bob Kurtz | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Chouinard Art Institute |
| Occupation | Director, animator |
| Board member of | ASIFA-Hollywood |
| Spouse(s) | Teresa Kurtz |
| Awards | Winsor McCay Award, 1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, 1994 Peabody Award, 1996 |
Selected filmography
Director / writer / designer / producer
Harold And His Amazing Green Plants" 1984
sequences theaterical feature films
- Max Dugan Returns (1983)
- Jetsons: The Movie (1990) (You & Me animation sequence)
- City Slickers (1991) (also for City Slickers II)
- Honey, I Blew Up The Kid (1992)
- Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
- Straight Talk (1992)
- Jurassic Park (1993) ("Mr. DNA" animated sequences)
- City Slickers II (1994)
- Four Rooms (1995)
- George of the Jungle (1997)
- Minority Report (2002) ("Pine & Oats" animated sequence)
- The Pink Panther (2006)
- Are We Done Yet? (2007)
- Gambitt (2012)
Other
- The Way Things Work (3D-3 screen experience at Sony's Metreon)
- Chevron ("Dinosaur" commercial)
- Clubhouse (network ID's for German children's channel) (designer only)
- Junior (network ID's for German children's channel) (designer only)
- Sesame Street ("My Various Me's", "Lincoln Park Zoo",[7] and "More Moths" animated sequences)
- Schoolhouse Rock! Earth ("Tiny Urban Zoo" scene)
TV
- The Roman City (1994 TV movie) (animated version of the David Macaulay book) (Best Primetime Animation Emmy)
- Edith Ann's Christmas: Just Say Noël (1996, TV movie) (Lily Tomlin special) (Peabody Award winner)
- Carlin on Campus (1984) ("Drawing on My Mind" animated sequences)
Awards
Winner of over 250 major awards including:
- Peabody Award[8]
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, 1994 [9]
- Winsor McCay Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1991 [10]
- Clio Awards [11]
- 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
References
- The New York Times
- https://animationresources.org/advertising-bob-kurtz-commercials/
- https://ctnanimationexpo.com/bob-kurtz
- http://www.artcenter.edu/connect/events/guest-speaker-bob-kurtz-animator.html
- https://www.cartoonbrew.com/student/take-a-class-from-animation-legend-bob-kurtz-34819.html
- http://www.watchthetitles.com/designers/Bob_Kurtz
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbYRkixDEwI
- http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/edith-anns-christmas-just-say-noel
- https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994?page=5
- https://annieawards.org/juried-awards/winsor-mccay
- (Firm), Clio Awards (2002). Clio Awards: The 42nd Annual Awards Competition. ISBN 9781564968555.
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