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 materChouinard Art Institute
Occupation(s)Director, animator
Board member ofASIFA-Hollywood
SpouseTeresa Kurtz
AwardsWinsor 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

Other

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:

References


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