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
Also known as
Gary Douglas Kurtz
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
14
Acting credits
2
Directing
0
Writing
18
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.6The Godfather Part II
1974 · movie · as Photographer in Court (uncredited)
- 2
★ 8.4The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · movie · Producer
- 3
★ 8.2Star Wars
1977 · movie · Producer
- 4
★ 7.8Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 · movie · as Self - Film Producer
- 5
★ 7.6Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · movie · as Self
- 6
★ 7.1The Dark Crystal
1982 · movie · Producer
- 7
★ 7.0American Graffiti
1973 · movie · Co-Producer
- 8
★ 6.9Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · movie · Associate Producer
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 122,557 votes
Star Wars
1977 · movie
- 218,595 votes
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · movie
- 314,097 votes
The Godfather Part II
1974 · movie
- 41,603 votes
American Graffiti
1973 · movie
- 51,280 votes
The Dark Crystal
1982 · movie
- 6
1,079 votesReturn to Oz
1985 · movie
- 7764 votes
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 · movie
- 8254 votes
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · movie
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
