Bob Kurtz

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Bob Kurtz
Born	United States
Alma mater	Chouinard Art Institute
Occupation	Director, animator

Bob Kurtz, founder of Kurtz & Friends Animation, is a director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials.^[1] He attended the Chouinard Art Institute. He has taught at the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.

Selected filmography

Director / writer / designer / producer

Gambit (2012 film) (main titles)
Are We Done Yet? (main titles)
The Pink Panther (main titles) (2006)
Minority Report ("Pine & Oats" animated sequence)
The Way Things Work (3D-3 screen experience at Sony's Metreon)
George of the Jungle (main titles)
Chevron ("Dinosaur" commercial)
Edith Ann's Christmas: Just Say Noël (Lily Tomlin special) (Peabody Award winner)
Four Rooms (main titles)
The Roman City (animated version of the David Macaulay book) (Best Primetime Animation Emmy)
Clubhouse (network ID's for German children's channel) (designer only)
Jurassic Park ("Mr. DNA" animated sequence)
Honeymoon in Vegas (main titles)
Honey, I Blew Up The Kid (main titles)
Jetsons: The Movie ('You & Me' animation sequence)
Carlin on Campus ('Drawing on My Mind' animated sequences)
City Slickers (main titles) (also for City Slickers II)
Max Dugan Returns (main titles)
Sesame Street ("My Various Me's" and "More Moths" animated sequences)
Straight Talk (main titles)
Junior (network ID's for German children's channel) (designer only)
Schoolhouse Rock! Earth ("Tiny Urban Zoo" scene)

Awards

Winner of over 250 major awards including:^{[citation needed]}

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

References

↑ The New York Times

External links

Persondata
Name	Kurtz, Bob
Alternative names
Short description	American film director
Date of birth
Place of birth	United States
Date of death
Place of death

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