Gary Kurtz

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-07-27 (78 years old)

Deathday

2018-09-23

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, United States

Gary Kurtz

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

Production

1977

Star Wars

as Producer

1982

The Dark Crystal

as Producer

1985

Return to Oz

as Executive Producer

1965

Beach Ball

as Assistant Director

1977

The Making of Star Wars

as Executive Producer

1970

Imago

as Editor

1971

Two-Lane Blacktop

as Associate Producer

1971

Chandler

as Associate Producer

2016

Gangster Kittens

as Executive Producer

1995

The Steal

as Producer

1989

Slipstream

as Producer

2008

5-25-77

as Producer

1973

American Graffiti

as Co-Producer

1973

To Be Free

as Editor

1989

The Making of Slipstream

as Executive Producer

1966

The Shooting

as Assistant Camera

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