Bob KurtzBy Billy, Liam and Jeevan

A SMALL BIOGRAPHY OF HIS LIFE…

Bob Kurtz was the founder of the Burbank animation studio Kurtz & Friends. He is a director, producer and artist, he is world famous for his contributions to the art form that in itself is a title sequence. Bob studied art at Chouinard Art Institute founded in 1921 by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (now the California school of art) which as stated is known to be a highly prestigious school of art. Has worked on films and TV commercials including; Jurassic Park, Pink Panther and Honey I blew up the kids.

Bob KurtzBob Kurtz Born in Los Angeles California, graduated Chouinard art institute. He then spent the next year of his life working as a trainee writer/director at the world famous Walt Disney Studios. Then going onto spent the following two years teaching the character animation program at the art institute he studied at.

Even to this day he is still very much involved in his education as once a year he hires a recent art graduate for on-the-job training and “pencil testing”.

Bob Kirtz work

He’s most recent completed segment was for Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, Other recent pieces of his work (projects) were… The Crocodile anti-smoking film and print campaign for the California Department of Health Services and interactive games for Disney. He also created How Things Work, the 3- screen, 3-d multi-media film for Sony’s San Francisco Metreon complex.

Catalogue of work

Title sequence for Pink Panther (2006)

Title sequence movement designer for Jurassic Park (1993)

Title animation director for Are We Done Yet? (2007)

Title sequence animator for Four Rooms

Title sequence animator for Honey I Blew Up The Kid (1992)

What other people have said about

Kurtz“Bob’s my first call. He’s the best.”-Billy Crystal

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“Bob Kurtz is at heart, a great humorist. And even more importantly, a humorist with a great heart. He has an original way of looking at things and exposing life’s absurdities- with hilarious results.”-Lily Tomlin

SOME VIDEOS OF HIS WORK

Four Rooms-

http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0049-Four_Rooms

Honey I Blew Up the Kid

http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0045-Honey_I_Blew_Up_the_Kid

Awards he has achieved during his wonderful career! Kurtz is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Emmy for the PBS special Roman City, the Peabody Award for the Lily Tomlin special Edith Ann’s Christmas, the Annie Award for Lifetime Achievement and even more with 250 international awards. His films have been included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.

His own personal view

“Animation is very closely related to the dance. To be aware of this is to realize the film form is choreography in time, space, sound and light. In our films we try to develop as many styles and approaches as the opportunity provides… My role in these films is writer, director and producer but Kurtz & Friends is far from a one man studio, it is a group effort of incredibly talented and dedicated artists.”

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