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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Kurtz has received more than 515,233 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gary Kurtz is the 71st most popular producer (down from 54th in 2019), the 9,017th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,063rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Producer.

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  • 520k

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  • 42.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Gary Kurtz ranks 71 out of 89Before him are Michael Patrick King, Lorne Michaels, Steven Bochco, Brian Grazer, Emma Thomas, and Neal H. Moritz. After him are Mark Ronson, Jon Landau, Albert S. Ruddy, Lawrence Bender, Deborah Snyder, and Rick Berman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gary Kurtz ranks 463Before him are Daniel J. Travanti, Aristides Royo, Robert Budzynski, Brian Bennett, Georges Carnus, and Carol Heiss. After him are Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Uma Aaltonen, Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Roberto Matosas, Yvonne Blake, and Viktor Kuzkin. Among people deceased in 2018, Gary Kurtz ranks 395Before him are Ray Wilkins, Randy Weston, Evy Berggren, Peter Sutherland, Mort Walker, and Geoff Murphy. After him are Bassano Staffieri, Yvonne Blake, Peter Hill-Wood, Maurane, Geoffrey Oryema, and Momoko Sakura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Kurtz ranks 9,017 out of 18,182Before him are Mildred Wiley (1901), Amy Sedaris (1961), Johnny Tillotson (1938), Vincent Spano (1962), Peyton Reed (1964), and Michael Wong (1965). After him are Ben Feldman (1980), Jeff Stryker (1962), Corin Nemec (1971), Leon Shamroy (1901), Jim Ross (1952), and David L. Rabinowitz (1960).

Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Gary Kurtz ranks 44Before him are Lawrence Gordon (1936), Matt Stone (1971), Michael Patrick King (1954), Steven Bochco (1943), Brian Grazer (1951), and Neal H. Moritz (1959). After him are Jon Landau (1960), Lawrence Bender (1957), Deborah Snyder (1901), Rick Berman (1945), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1957), and Buddy Adler (1906).