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Kurtz & Friends
Company typePrivate
IndustryAnimation
FoundersBob Kurtz
HeadquartersHollywood,California,U.S.
Key people
Bob Kurtz (President)
Websitekurtzanim.wordpress.com

Kurtz & Friends is an American animation studio founded byBob Kurtz. Based inBurbank, California, the studio is known for producing shortfilms, title sequences, andtelevision commercials.[1]

Kurtz & Friends has created/produced animated theatrical titles for most major studios includingthe Walt Disney Company,Universal Studios,MGM,Sony Entertainment,Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group andWarner Bros. Titles include:The Pink Panther,Are We Done Yet?,Four Rooms,George of the Jungle andCity Slickers.[2]

The company also created animated sequences forJurassic Park andMinority Report, as well as for HBO'sCarlin on Campus.[3] In addition, Kurtz & Friends developedThe Way Things Work, a three-screen, 3-D multimedia film for Sony's San Francisco Metreon complex, and the "Crocodile" anti-smoking films and print campaign for the California Department of Public Health.[4]

Kurtz & Friends created the animation for the Emmy-winning specialsDavid Macaulay: Roman City andEdith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) which won a Peabody Award. The company's films are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the ASIFA Archive in Germany.[5]

Filmography

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TitleYear(s)NotesClient
Sesame Street1970–71
1975
animated sequences in "43", "85", "294", "303", "769", "772", "784" (produced atFilmFair)Children's Television Workshop
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy1982title sequenceOrion Pictures
Max Dugan Returns1983title animation20th Century Fox
One to Grow Onopening and closing animationNBC
Carlin on Campus1984'Drawing on My Mind' animated sequencesCarlin Productions
Harold and His Amazing Green PlantsEPCOT Educational Media
TGIF1989animationABC
Jetsons: The Movie1990"You and Me"Universal Pictures
Taking Care of Businesstitle sequenceHollywood Pictures
City Slickers1991title sequenceCastle Rock Entertainment
Straight Talk1992title sequenceHollywood Pictures
Honey, I Blew Up the Kidtitle sequenceWalt Disney Pictures
Honeymoon in Vegastitle sequenceCastle Rock Entertainment
Jurassic Park1993Mr. DNA sequenceUniversal Pictures
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold1994title sequenceCastle Rock Entertainment
David Macaulay: Roman CityUnicorn Projects
Casper1995teaser trailerUniversal Pictures
Four Roomstitle sequenceMiramax
Kingpin1996title sequenceRysher Entertainment
A Very Brady SequelanimationParamount Pictures
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)Television special created byLilly TomlinTomlin and Wagner Theatricalz
George of the Jungle1997title sequenceWalt Disney Pictures
Durango1999animationHallmark Hall of Fame
The Way Things Work – In Mammoth 3DSony Metreon
God, the Devil and Bob2000additional character designThe Carsey-Werner Company
Major FlakeCartoon Network
Josie and the Pussycats2001animated sequenceUniversal Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Family Guy"A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" (storyboards and animatic editing)Fox Television Animation
Minority Report2002Pine & Oats animationDreamWorks Pictures
Amblin Entertainment
Scooby-Doounused animated opening titlesWarner Bros.
Ask Rita2003opening titlesLitton Entertainment
Son of the Mask2005digital paintNew Line Cinema
The Pink Panther2006title sequenceColumbia Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Are We Done Yet?2007title sequenceRevolution Studios
Schoolhouse Rock! Earth2009"A Tiny Urban Zoo" and interstitialsABC
Gambit2012title sequenceFilmNation Entertainment

Commercials

References

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  1. ^"Bob Kurtz bio".Watch the Titles. Retrieved2025-09-01.
  2. ^November 20, Alyson Says; Pm, 2013 at 8:04 (2013-05-06)."About Us".Kurtz & Friends Animation. Retrieved2025-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^sparkanimation.eventive.orghttps://sparkanimation.eventive.org/films/6715abbc00b62e0032388619#:~:text=Kurtz%20&%20Friends%20also%20created%20animated,aired%20on%20network%20prime-time. Retrieved2025-09-01.{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)
  4. ^"ENTERTAINMENT".Kurtz & Friends Animation. 2022-08-12. Retrieved2025-09-01.
  5. ^November 20, Alyson Says; Pm, 2013 at 8:04 (2013-05-06)."About Us".Kurtz & Friends Animation. Retrieved2025-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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