Gary Kurtz
- Production
- July 27, 1940 · Los Angeles, California, United States
- September 23, 2018
Biography
Gary Douglas Kurtz (July 27, 1940 – September 23, 2018) was an American film producer whose list of credits includes American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Dark Crystal (1982) and Return to Oz (1985). Kurtz also co-produced the 1989 science fiction adventure film Slipstream, which reunited him with Star Wars star Mark Hamill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Kurtz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
- Remembering Return to Oz · Self
- The Empire Strikes Door · Self
- Gangster Kittens · Executive producer
- The Definitive History of Star Wars · Contributor
- I Am Your Father · Self
- Jodorowsky's Dune · Self
- The People vs. George Lucas · Self
- 5-25-77 · Producer
- Friends and Heroes · Supervising Producer
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy · Self
- When Star Wars Ruled the World · Self
- The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus · Animation Supervisor, Director
- The Steal · Producer
- The Making of Slipstream · Executive producer
- Slipstream · Producer
- Return to Oz · Executive producer
- The World of 'The Dark Crystal' · Self
- The Dark Crystal · Producer
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back · Self
- The Empire Strikes Back · Producer
- Star Wars: Music by John Williams · Self
- The Making of Star Wars · Self, Executive producer
- Star Wars · Producer
- Arena
- The Godfather Part II · Photographer in Court (uncredited)
- American Graffiti · Co-producer
- To Be Free · Editing
- Chandler · Associate Producer
- Two-Lane Blacktop · Associate Producer
- Imago · Editing
- The Shooting · Assistant Camera
- Beach Ball · Assistant Director