Bob Kurtz (born April 20, 1934) is an American director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials. He is the founder of Kurtz & Friends Animation. 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

  • Harold And His Amazing Green Plants (1984)

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", 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
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, 1994
  • Winsor McCay Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1991
  • 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

  • Kurtz & Friends Animation web site
  • Bio at Chuckjones.com