1940 - 2018
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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Among producers, Gary Kurtz ranks 71 out of 89. Before 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.
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 65
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 66
1943 - 2018
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 67
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 68
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 69
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 70
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 71
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 72
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 73
1930 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 74
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 75
1901 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 76
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 77
Among people born in 1940, Gary Kurtz ranks 463. Before 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 395. Before 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.
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 457
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 458
1940 - 2023
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 459
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 460
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 461
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 462
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 463
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 464
1940 - 2009
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 465
1940 - 2014
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 466
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 467
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 468
1940 - 2008
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 469
1956 - 2018
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 389
1926 - 2018
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 390
1934 - 2018
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 391
1946 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 392
1923 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 393
1938 - 2018
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 394
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 395
1931 - 2018
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 396
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 397
1936 - 2018
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 398
1960 - 2018
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 399
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 400
1965 - 2018
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 401
Among people born in United States, Gary Kurtz ranks 9,017 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1901 - 2000
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 9,011
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 9,012
1938 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 9,013
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 9,014
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,015
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,016
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,017
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,018
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,019
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,020
1901 - 1974
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,021
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9,022
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 9,023
Among producers born in United States, Gary Kurtz ranks 44. Before 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).
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 38
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 39
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 40
1943 - 2018
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 41
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 42
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 43
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 44
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 45
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 46
1901 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 47
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 48
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 49
1906 - 1960
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 50