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{{short description|American animator and film director}}

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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.<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160315053409/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/475338/Bob-Kurtz The New York Times]''</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://animationresources.org/advertising-bob-kurtz-commercials/|title = Commercials: Bob Kurtz Commercials|date = 29 September 2020}}</ref> He attended the [[Chouinard Art Institute]]. He has taught at the character animation program at the [[California Institute of the Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ctnanimationexpo.com/bob-kurtz|title = Bob Kurtz - Profile}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artcenter.edu/connect/events/guest-speaker-bob-kurtz-animator.html|title = Guest Speaker: Bob Kurtz, animator}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/student/take-a-class-from-animation-legend-bob-kurtz-34819.html|title = Take a Class from Animation Legend Bob Kurtz|date = 17 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.watchthetitles.com/designers/Bob_Kurtz|title = Bob Kurtz bio}}</ref>

==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 (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' (1993) ("[[Mr. DNA]]" animated sequences)
* ''[[City Slickers II]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Four Rooms]]'' (1995)
* ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' (2002) ("Pine & Oats" animated sequence)
* ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Are We Done Yet?]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Gambit (2012 film)|Gambitt]]'' (2012)

'''Other'''
* ''[[The Way Things Work]]'' (3D-3 screen experience at Sony's Metreon)
* [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] ("[[Dinosaur]]" commercial)
* [[KI.KA|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]]",<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/BbYRkixDEwI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181006023219/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbYRkixDEwI&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbYRkixDEwI| title = Lincoln Park Zoo - It's Brand New (1987, USA) | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and "More Moths" animated sequences)
* ''[[Schoolhouse Rock!|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) ([[Edith Ann|Lily Tomlin]] special) (Peabody Award winner)
* ''[[Carlin on Campus]]'' (1984) ("Drawing on My Mind" animated sequences)

===Awards===
Winner of over 250 major awards including:{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
*[[Peabody Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/edith-anns-christmas-just-say-noel|title = Edith Ann's Christmas}}</ref>
*[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]], 1994 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994?page=5|title=Nominees / Winners 1994}}</ref>
*[[Winsor McCay Award]] for Lifetime Achievement, 1991 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/juried-awards/winsor-mccay|title = 49th Annual Annie Awards}}</ref>
*Clio Awards <ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZWrLQK3dNkC&q=clio+awards+bob+kurtz&pg=PA106 |title = Clio Awards: The 42nd Annual Awards Competition|isbn = 9781564968555|last1 = (Firm)|first1 = Clio Awards|year = 2002| publisher=Rockport Publishers }}</ref>
*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==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0476021}} 
*[http://www.kurtzandfriends.com Kurtz & Friends Animation web site] 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160119130119/http://www.chuckjones.com/artists/bob-kurtz/ Bio at Chuckjones.com]

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