Kurtz & Friends
Kurtz & Friends is an animation studio founded by Bob Kurtz in 1972. Based in Burbank, California, the studio is known for producing films and television commercials. Kurtz & Friends has created/produced animated theatrical titles for most major studios including The Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios, MGM, Sony Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group and Warner Bros. Titles include The Pink Panther, Are We Done Yet?, Four Rooms, George of the Jungle and City Slickers. Kurtz & Friends created the animation for the Emmy-winning specials David Macaulay: Roman City and Edith Ann’s Christmas (Just Say Noël) which won a Peabody Award. The company also created animated sequences for Carlin on Campus, Jurassic Park and Minority Report. Bob Kurtz is the director on all Kurtz & Friends projects, and sometimes designs and writes as well.
Filmography
- Gambit Main Titles
- Are We Done Yet? Main Titles
- The Pink Panther Main Titles (2006)
- Minority Report "Pine & Oats" Animated sequence
- The Way Things Work 3D-3 screen experience at Sony's Metreon
- Lincoln Park Zoo Sesame Street animated sketch (1986)
- George of the Jungle Main Titles
- Edith Ann's Christmas: Just Say Noël Peabody Award winner
- Four Rooms Main Titles
- David Macaulay: Roman City Animated version of the David Macaulay book (Best Primetime Animation Emmy)
- Smokey Bear PSA commercials
- Jurassic Park Mr. DNA animation sequence
- Honeymoon in Vegas Main Titles
- Honey, I Blew Up The Kid Main Titles
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Animation
- Jetsons: The Movie 'You & Me' animation sequence
- Carlin on Campus 'Drawing on My Mind' animated sequences
- City Slickers Main Titles (also for City Slickers II)
- Max Dugan Returns Main Titles
- A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Animation Effects
