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Overview
Date of Birth:
Trivia:
Kurtzman was the first person to pay Quentin Tarintino to write a screenplay... more
Awards:
2 wins
&
3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(102 articles)
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Alternate Names:
Bob Kurtzman
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Make-Up Department, Special Effects, Visual Effects, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer, Writer, Actor, Cinematographer, Stunts, Animation Department, Thanks, Self
Make-Up Department:
- Digger 3D (2009) (pre-production) (character designer: "Digger")
- Roney's Point (2009) (pre-production) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- Hisss (2010) (post-production) (creature makeup effects designer)
- To Live and Die (2009) (post-production) (special makeup producer)
- Children of the Corn (2009) (TV) (special makeup effects producer)
... aka Stephen King's Children of the Corn (USA: complete title) - Boogeyman 3 (2008) (V) (special make-up effects creator)
- Living Hell (2008) (special makeup effects producer)
... aka Organizm (USA: DVD title)
... aka The Living Hell (Australia) - The Rage (2007) (special makeup effects producer)
... aka Robert Kurtzman's The Rage (USA: complete title) - Undead or Alive (2007) (special makeup effects producer)
... aka Undead or Alive (USA: new title) - Buried Alive (2007) (special makeup effects producer)
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- Bad Boys II (2003) (special makeup effects artist) (uncredited)
... aka Good Cops: Bad Boys II (Malaysia: English title) - Identity (2003) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos (USA: complete title) - Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) (special makeup effects supervisor: Kurtzman, Nicotero & Berger EFX Group, Inc.)
... aka Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (USA: video box title) - Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) (character prosthetics supervisor) (special makeup effects artist)
... aka Austin Powers: Goldmember (USA) - Bubba Ho-tep (2002) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- Vanilla Sky (2001) (special makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group Inc.)
- Thir13en Ghosts (2001) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka 13 fantômes (Canada: French title) - Ghosts of Mars (2001) (special makeup effects artist)
... aka John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (USA: complete title) - Rat Race (2001) (special makeup and animatronic effects supervisor)
... aka Course folle (Canada: French title) - The Animal (2001) (special makeup effects artist)
- Spy Kids (2001) (special makeup and creature effects)
- My First Mister (2001) (special makeup effects artist) (as Bob Kurtzman)
... aka Mein erster richtiger Freund (Germany: TV title) - Spiders (2000) (special makeup and creature effects supervisor)
- The Green Mile (1999) (special makeup effects artist) (uncredited)
... aka Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA: complete title) - From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999) (V) (special makeup effects)
... aka The Hangman's Daughter (USA: closing credits title) - House on Haunted Hill (1999) (special makeup effects)
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V) (special makeup effects)
- The Faculty (1998) (special makeup and creature effects)
- A Simple Plan (1998) (special makeup effects supervisor/puppeteer)
... aka Ein einfacher Plan (Germany)
... aka Un plan simple (France) - Very Bad Things (1998) (supervisor: K.N.B. Effects Group, Inc.)
- Vampires (1998) (special makeup effects)
... aka John Carpenter's Vampires (USA: complete title)
... aka Vampire$ (USA) - Phantoms (1998) (makeup effects supervisor: KNB Efx)
... aka Dean Koontz's Phantoms (USA: complete title) - Wishmaster (1997) (special makeup effects)
... aka Wes Craven's Wishmaster - Boogie Nights (1997) (special makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group)
- Double Tap (1997) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- Spawn (1997) (animatronic creature effects) (special makeup effects)
- The Night Flier (1997) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka Stephen King's The Night Flier
... aka The Night Flier (Italy) - DNA (1997) (V) (special makeup supervisor)
... aka Genetic Code (Europe: English title) - Scream (1996/I) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (makeup effects supervisor)
- Lord of Illusions (1995) (special makeup effects: KNB EFX)
... aka Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions - Galaxis (1995) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka Galactic Force
... aka Star Crystal
... aka Terminal Force - Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) (on-set special makeup effects application) (special makeup effects: puppeteer)
... aka Wes Craven's Vampire In Brooklyn (USA: complete title) - In the Mouth of Madness (1994) (special makeup effects)
... aka John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (USA: complete title) - New Nightmare (1994) (special makeup effects)
... aka Wes Craven's New Nightmare (USA: complete title) - Pulp Fiction (1994) (special makeup supervisor) (uncredited)
- Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) (special makeup effects)
... aka Bon Appetit, Mama (UK)
... aka Motherhood (UK: video title) - Skinner (1993) (special makeup effects artist)
- Infested (1993) (V) (special makeup effects supervisor: second unit, K.N.B. EFX Group)
... aka Ticks (USA: alternative title) - Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka MC3: Maniac Cop 3 (USA: video title)
... aka Maniac Cop 3
... aka Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (USA: DVD box title) - Doppelganger (1993) (special makeup effects)
... aka Doppelganger: The Evil Within (USA: alternative title) - Army of Darkness (1992) (special makeup effects)
... aka Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead (UK: video title)
... aka Army of Darkness: The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror (USA: closing credits title)
... aka Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (USA: closing credits title)
... aka The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness (UK: DVD box title) - The Nutt House (1992) (special makeup effects)
... aka The Nutty Nut (Australia: video title) (USA: working title) - The People Under the Stairs (1991) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs - Children of the Night (1991) (special makeup effects artist)
- Misery (1990) (special makeup effects artist)
- Sibling Rivalry (1990) (special makeup effects)
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka Creepshow 3 (International: English title: informal title)
... aka Darkside Movie (USA: informal English title)
... aka Tales from the Darkside (International: English title: informal English title) - Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) (makeup artist)
... aka Leatherface (USA: short title)
... aka Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (USA: video box title)
... aka TCM 3 (USA: short title)
... aka Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (USA: new title) - Bride of Re-Animator (1990) (special makeup effects artist)
... aka Re-Animator 2 (UK) - Halloween 5 (1989) (special makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group)
... aka Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (USA: poster title) - A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) (special makeup effects artist)
... aka A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (USA: poster title)
... aka Nightmare on Elm Street 5 (Philippines: English title) - The Horror Show (1989) (special makeup effects artist: Kurtzman, Nicotero & Berger Effects Group)
... aka Horror House
... aka House 3 (Australia: video title)
... aka House III: The Horror Show (UK: video title) - Intruder (1989) (special makeup effects artist)
... aka Night Crew: The Final Checkout (USA: video title) - 976-EVIL (1988) (on-set makeup applicator: Kevin Yagher Production, Inc.)
- Phantasm II (1988) (special makeup effects constructor)
... aka Phantasm II: The Never Dead Part Two (Australia: video box title) - The Hidden (1987) (makeup effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions)
- Evil Dead II (1987) (special makeup effects unit crew)
... aka Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn - Night of the Creeps (1986) (makeup effects artist)
Special Effects:
- Buried Alive (2007) (special effects director)
- Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) (designer: special makeup effects & werewolf animatronics)
... aka Entre soeurs 3 - Le début (Canada: French title)
... aka Ginger Snaps 3
... aka Hellwolf: You Will Be Eaten Alive (Philippines: English title) - Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) (V) (special effects supervisor)
- Hulk (2003) (animatronic effects supervisor/puppeteer)
- Cabin Fever (2002) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- Bubba Ho-tep (2002) (special effects makeup supervisor)
- Soulkeeper (2001) (special makeup and creature effects)
- Evolution (2001) (creature effects)
- My First Mister (2001) (special effects coordinator) (uncredited)
... aka Mein erster richtiger Freund (Germany: TV title) - "Dune" (2000) TV mini-series (animatronic creature effects supervisor/puppeteer) (unknown episodes)
... aka Der Wüstenplanet (Germany)
... aka Frank Herbert's Dune (USA: complete title)
... aka Frank Herbert's Dune - Der Wüstenplanet (Germany) - Little Nicky (2000) (special makeup and creature effects supervisor)
- Lord of Illusions (1995) (special makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group)
... aka Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions - Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995) (V) (supervisor: K.N.B. EFX)
- Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) (V) (special makeup effects supervisor)
... aka Pumpkinhead 2: The Demon Returns (Australia: video title)
... aka Pumpkinhead II (USA: short title)
... aka The Revenge of Pumpkinhead: Blood Wings (UK: video title) - Skinner (1993) (special effects supervisor)
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) (effects supervisor: K.N.B. Effects Group) (special makeup effects artist: K.N.B. Effects Group)
... aka Friday the 13th IX
... aka Jason Goes to Hell (USA: DVD box title) - Body Bags (1993) (TV) (special makeup effects)
... aka John Carpenter Presents 'Body Bags'
... aka John Carpenter Presents 'Mind Games' (USA: cable TV title) - Dr. Giggles (1992) (special makeup effects supervisor)
- Army of Darkness (1992) (special makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group)
... aka Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead (UK: video title)
... aka Army of Darkness: The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror (USA: closing credits title)
... aka Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (USA: closing credits title)
... aka The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness (UK: DVD box title) - Mindwarp (1992) (designer: K.N.B. Effects Group)
... aka Brain Slasher (International: English title) - Dances with Wolves (1990) (buffalo effects supervisor)
- Night Angel (1990) (additional makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group)
... aka Hellborn (UK: video title) - Tremors (1990) (creature effects: art crew)
- Bride of Re-Animator (1990) (special makeup effects and bride effects creator: K.N.B. EFX Group)
... aka Re-Animator 2 (UK) - A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) (supervisor: Freddy's head de-merge effects)
... aka A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (USA: poster title)
... aka Nightmare on Elm Street 5 (Philippines: English title) - The Horror Show (1989) (special effects)
... aka Horror House
... aka House 3 (Australia: video title)
... aka House III: The Horror Show (UK: video title) - DeepStar Six (1989) (creature guy)
- Nightwish (1989) (special effects)
- Predator (1987) (creature effects crew)
- From Beyond (1986) (effects technician: Mark Shostrom Studio)
... aka H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond - TerrorVision (1986) (creature fabricator & operator: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries, Inc.)
Visual Effects:
- Roney's Point (2009) (pre-production) (visual effects supervisor)
- Hisss (2010) (post-production) (visual effects producer)
- To Live and Die (2009) (post-production) (visual effects producer)
- Boogeyman 3 (2008) (V) (visual effects producer)
- Living Hell (2008) (visual effects producer)
... aka Organizm (USA: DVD title)
... aka The Living Hell (Australia) - The Rage (2007) (visual effects producer)
... aka Robert Kurtzman's The Rage (USA: complete title) - Undead or Alive (2007) (visual effects producer)
... aka Undead or Alive (USA: new title) - Buried Alive (2007) (visual effects producer)
- Hostel (2005) (visual effects supervisor)
... aka Hostel: Part I (Australia: DVD title) - Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove (2005) (visual effects supervisor)
- 2001 Maniacs (2005) (visual effects supervisor)
- The Devil's Rejects (2005) (visual effects supervisor)
... aka TDR - The Devil's Rejects (Germany)
Director:
- Bump (2010) (announced)
- To Live and Die (2009) (post-production)
- The Rage (2007)
... aka Robert Kurtzman's The Rage (USA: complete title) - Buried Alive (2007)
- Wishmaster (1997)
... aka Wes Craven's Wishmaster - The Demolitionist (1995)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Rat Race (2001) (puppeteer)
... aka Course folle (Canada: French title) - The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) (puppeteer)
... aka Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle (Germany)
... aka The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (Australia) - Jingle All the Way (1996) (supervisor: turboman suit)
- Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) (TV) (supervisor: K.N.B. EFX)
- City Slickers (1991) (mechanical animal effects)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) (assistant: Mark Shostrom)
... aka A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III (USA: closing credits title)
Producer:
- Bump (2010) (announced) (producer)
- The Dead Matter (2010) (completed) (producer)
- The Rage (2007) (producer)
... aka Robert Kurtzman's The Rage (USA: complete title) - My First Mister (2001) (co-executive producer)
... aka Mein erster richtiger Freund (Germany: TV title) - From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (co-producer)
Writer:
- The Rage (2007) (story)
... aka Robert Kurtzman's The Rage (USA: complete title) - From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (story)
- The Demolitionist (1995) (story)
Actor:
- Wishmaster (1997) (uncredited) .... Piano Wire Guy
... aka Wes Craven's Wishmaster - Night of the Creeps (1986) .... Beta Zombie
Cinematographer:
- The Rage (2007)
... aka Robert Kurtzman's The Rage (USA: complete title)
Stunts:
- Murder by Numbers (2002) (stunts)
... aka Murd3r 8y Num8ers (USA: promotional title)
Animation Department:
- Invaders from Mars (1986) (creature effects crew)
Thanks:
- Eroded (2010) (post-production) (special thanks)
- Carnies (2008) (V) (special thanks)
- "Hollywood Stuntmakers" (special thanks) (2 episodes, 1999)
- Episode #1.0 (1999) TV episode (special thanks) (as Bob Kurtzman)
- King Kong und andere Kuscheltiere (1999) TV episode (special thanks) (as Bob Kurtzman)
Self:
- Creating the Creeps (2009) (V) .... (Himself)
- Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (2004) (V) (as Bob Kurtzman) .... Himself
- Behind the 'Scream' (2000) (V) (as Bob Kurtzman) .... Himself
- The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier (2000) (V) .... Himself
- The Men Behind the Army (1999) (V) (as Bob Kurtzman) .... Himself
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