Bob Kurtz (animator)

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Bob Kurtz
Born
Alma mater Chouinard Art Institute
Occupation(s) Director, animator
Board member of ASIFA-Hollywood
SpouseTeresa Kurtz
Awards Winsor McCay Award, 1991
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, 1994
Peabody Award, 1996

Bob Kurtz, founder of Kurtz & Friends Animation, is a director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials. [1] [2] He attended the Chouinard Art Institute. He has taught at the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Selected filmography

Director / writer / designer / producer

sequences theaterical feature films

Other

TV

Awards

Winner of over 250 major awards including:[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. The New York Times
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