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

Filmography

• 2016Gangster Kittens — Executive Producer
• 2015The Definitive History of Star Wars — Contributor
• 20085-25-77 — Producer
• Friends and Heroes — Supervising Producer
• 1998The Destruction of Troy and the Adventures of Odysseus — Animation Supervisor, Director
• 1995The Steal — Producer
• 1989Slipstream — Producer
• 1989The Making of Slipstream — Executive Producer
• 1985Return to Oz — Executive Producer
• 1982The Dark Crystal — Producer
• 1980The Empire Strikes Back — Producer
• 1977Star Wars — Producer
• 1977The Making of Star Wars — Self, Executive Producer
• Arena
• 1974The Godfather Part II — Photographer in Court (uncredited)
• 1973American Graffiti — Co-Producer
• 1973To Be Free — Editor
• 1971Chandler — Associate Producer
• 1971Two-Lane Blacktop — Associate Producer
• 1970Imago — Editor
• 1966The Shooting — Assistant Camera
• 1965Beach Ball — Assistant Director

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2021Remembering Return to Oz — Self
• 2019The Empire Strikes Door — Himself
• 2015I Am Your Father — Himself
• 2013Jodorowsky's Dune — Self - Film Producer
• 2010The People vs. George Lucas — Self
• 2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy — Self
• 2004When Star Wars Ruled the World — Self
• 1983The World of 'The Dark Crystal' — Self
• 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back — Self
• 1980Star Wars: Music by John Williams — Self