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Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise since 2009, co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) with his writing and producing partner Roberto Orci, and directing and co-writing The Mummy (2017). He'd made his directorial debut with People Like Us (2012), co-written by him, Orci, and Jody Lambert from a story by him.

Alex Kurtzman
Kurtzman at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International
Born	Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (1973-09-07) September 7, 1973 (age 49) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter producer director
Years active	1996–present
Known for	Co-founder of K/O Paper Products, founder of Secret Hideout
Spouse	Samantha Counter ​ (m. 2002)​

Kurtzman is known, alongside Orci, for frequently collaborating with Michael Bay and J.J. Abrams, as well as co-creating the more recent Star Trek shows, including Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Early life, family and education

Kurtzman was born into a Jewish family[1][2][3] and raised in Los Angeles, California.[4] His longtime screenwriting partner Roberto Orci was his best friend in high school.

Kurtzman attended Wesleyan University.[5]

Career

Kurtzman first teamed with Orci on the syndicated series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, for the television unit of Pacific Renaissance Pictures, then operating out of Universal International. After they produced several storylines to cope with the absence of lead actor Kevin Sorbo following a stroke that Sorbo had suffered during the fourth season, Kurtzman and Orci, both aged 24, were placed in charge of the show. They moved into films after they were asked to rewrite Michael Bay's The Island. The film earned nearly $163 million at the worldwide box office, on a budget of $126 million, which was enough of a success that they were brought in to write Bay's Transformers, which earned $710 million. Though The Island, Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were not particularly well received by critics, the three films earned a combined $1.7 billion. They co-created the Fox TV series Fringe in 2008 along with J. J. Abrams. After the pilot, Kurtzman served as consulting producer on the show for the remainder of its run.[6] They then co-wrote the 2009 film Star Trek.

In 2011, Forbes magazine described Orci and Kurtzman as "Hollywood's Secret Weapons" as, over the course of the previous six years, their films had grossed a combined total of over $3 billion at the box office. The partnership also wrote People Like Us, originally known as Welcome to People, which was Kurtzman's theatrical directorial debut.[6]

Kurtzman has frequently worked with a tight-knit group of film professionals which include J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Adam Horowitz, Roberto Orci, Edward Kitsis, Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Jeff Pinkner, and Bryan Burk.[2] In April 2014, both Orci and Kurtzman confirmed to Variety that they would no longer work together on film projects; they added that they would still work together—but only on television projects.[7]

In 2018, Kurtzman signed a new five-year deal with CBS Television Studios to oversee and expand the Star Trek franchise on television, including serving as executive producer on Star Trek: Discovery (which he also co-showruns with Michelle Paradise[8]), Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Lower Decks.[9]

In August 2021, Kurtzman and his production company Secret Hideout extended their overall deal with CBS Studios through 2026.[10]

Personal life

In 2002, Kurtzman married Samantha Counter, the daughter of lawyer Nick Counter.[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2005	The Island	No	Yes	No	Co-wrote with Roberto Orci and Caspian Tredwell-Owen
	The Legend of Zorro	No	Yes	No	Co-wrote with Roberto Orci, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
2006	Mission: Impossible III	No	Yes	No	Co-wrote with J. J. Abrams and Roberto Orci
2007	Transformers	No	Yes	No	Co-wrote with Roberto Orci and John Rogers
2009	Watchmen	No	Uncredited	No	Script polish[12]
	Star Trek	No	Yes	Executive	Co-wrote with Roberto Orci
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	No	Yes	No	Co-wrote with Ehren Kruger and Roberto Orci
2011	Cowboys & Aliens	No	Yes	Yes	Co-wrote with Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof, Steve Oedekerk, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
2012	People Like Us	Yes	Yes	Executive	Directorial debut; co-wrote with Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	No	Yes	Yes	Co-wrote with Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof
2014	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	No	Yes	Executive[13]	Co-wrote with Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, and James Vanderbilt
2017	The Mummy	Yes	Story	Yes	Wrote the story; co-wrote with Jon Spaihts, Jenny Lumet, David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman

Producer only

Year	Title	Notes
2008	Eagle Eye
2009	The Proposal	Executive producer
2013	Now You See Me
	Ender's Game
2016	Now You See Me 2

Television credits

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Creator	Notes
1997–1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	No	Yes	Yes	No
1999–2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	No	Yes	Yes	No
2000	Jack of All Trades	No	Yes	Yes	No
2001–2003	Alias	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Also supervising producer
2004	The Secret Service	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Pilot
2008–2013	Fringe	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also consulting producer
2010–2020	Hawaii Five-0	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Also developer
2011	Exit Strategy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Pilot
	Locke & Key	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2013–2017	Sleepy Hollow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015–2016	Limitless	No	Yes	Yes	No
2017–present	Star Trek: Discovery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Episode "Brother"
2018–2020	Star Trek: Short Treks	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020–present	Star Trek: Picard	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
2021	Clarice	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
2022	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2022[14]	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Executive producer only

• Transformers Prime (2010–2013)
• Matador (2014)
• Scorpion (2014–2018)
• Salvation (2017–2018)
• Instinct (2018–2019)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–present)
• Star Trek: Prodigy (2021)

References

External links

• Alex Kurtzman at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Alex Kurtzman

Alexander „Alex“ Hilary Kurtzman (* 7. September 1973 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Fernsehproduzent, Drehbuchautor sowie Regisseur. Im Laufe der Jahre arbeitete er oftmals an Projekten von J. J. Abrams und Michael Bay. Mit seinem besten Freund Roberto Orci bildet er seit vielen Jahren ein erfolgreiches Produzenten- und Autorenduo.

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[es] Alex Kurtzman

Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos, 7 de septiembre de 1973), más conocido como Alex Kurtzman, es un director, guionista y productor estadounidense que ha trabajado tanto en cine como en televisión.

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[ru] Куртцман, Алекс

Александр Хилари Куртцман (англ. Alexander Hilary Kurtzman; род. 7 сентября 1973 (1973-09-07)) — американский сценарист, продюсер и режиссёр фильмов и телесериалов.

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