Gary Kurtz
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Gary Douglas Kurtz (July 27, 1940 – September 23, 2018) was an American film director whose resume included American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return to Oz (1985).
Kurtz co-produced the 1989 science fiction adventure film Slipstream, which reunited him with Star Wars actor Mark Hamill.
On September 23, 2018, he died of cancer in north London, England.
Personal life
Kurtz was first married to Meredith Alsup and then to Roberta Jiminez. However, both of these marriages ended in divorce. Tiffany and Melissa with Alsup, and Dylan with Jiminez. Clare Gabriel's last marriage was to him, and his illness did not stop until his death. Born in Los Angeles, he migrated to London, England, for the production of Star Wars and then opted to remain and raise his family there permanently. He was a Quaker. On September 23, 2018, he died of cancer in north London.
Early career
Kurtz was an assistant director on a Monte Hellman Western, Ride in the Whirlwind, starring Jack Nicholson for Proseus Films in 1965. Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue of American International Pictures served as production manager on Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet for three years. On the musical comedy Beach Ball for Paramount Pictures, Kurtz also served as an assistant director and second unit cameraman, as well as a camera operator for the second unit. Kurtz, John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, and Dennis Hopper, as well as acting as a sound technician on Blood Bath in 1966, were all for American International Pictures. Kurtz began as an assistant camera operator on another Monte Hellman western, The Shooting, starring Warren Oates and Jack Nicholson, and then wore many hats as production manager, assistant director, and editor on the Harry Dean Stanton-starring The Hostage.
Kurtz' film career was interrupted between 1966 and 1969, when he was in the United States Marine Corps. Kurtz was enlisted as a conscientious objector, refusing to wear a sidearm, and served as a combat photographer.
Kurtz left military service and joined Studio Images as the associate producer on the neo-noir Warren Oates-starring Chandler for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer; and Two-Lane Blacktop with Monte Hellman for Universal Pictures in 1971.