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Gary Kurtz

1940 - 2018

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Kurtz is the 81st most popular producer (up from 84th in 2019), the 9,594th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,466th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Gary Kurtz ranks 81 out of 140. Before him are Paul A. Rothchild, Lawrence Gordon, Álex Pina, Buddy Adler, Matt Stone, and Jerry Weintraub. After him are Lou Pearlman, Norman Granz, Brian Grazer, Steven Bochco, Mark Ronson, and Michael Patrick King.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gary Kurtz ranks 503. Before him are Hasan Muratović, Paul Williams, Naohiro Ikeda, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Robert Budzynski, and Mariette Hartley. After him are Vyacheslav Starshinov, Terry McDermott, Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Lyudmila Shishova, Ken Fletcher, and Moudud Ahmed. Among people deceased in 2018, Gary Kurtz ranks 449. Before him are Ricky Jay, William Blum, Manuel Rodríguez, Maria Rohm, Carlo Giuffrè, and Evy Berggren. After him are Patricia Morison, Gardner Dozois, Juris Silovs, Hal Greer, Aleksei Paramonov, and Marc Bouissou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Kurtz ranks 9,596 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Sumner (1811), Heather Donahue (1974), Peter Schickele (1935), Frederick Muhlenberg (1750), Harold Hackett (1878), and Derrick Green (1971). After him are John Cassin (1813), Rahm Emanuel (1959), Babyface (1958), Molly Shannon (1964), Judy Greer (1975), and Joe Arpaio (1932).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Gary Kurtz ranks 45. Before him are Gerald R. Molen (1935), Paul A. Rothchild (1935), Lawrence Gordon (1936), Buddy Adler (1906), Matt Stone (1971), and Jerry Weintraub (1937). After him are Lou Pearlman (1954), Norman Granz (1918), Brian Grazer (1951), Steven Bochco (1943), Michael Patrick King (1954), and Leon Schlesinger (1884).

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