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Alex Kurtzman

Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer / Executive Producer / Showrunner / Television Producer | * 09/07/1973 (50) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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 made his directorial debut with People Like Us (2012), co-written by him, Orci, and Jody Lambert from a story by him. Kurtzman is known, alongside Orci, for frequently collaborating with Michael Bay and J.... ()
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Alex Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. Kurtzman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he met his high school friend and long time collaborator Roberto Orci. He attended Wesleyan University.In 2011, Forbes magazine described Orci and Kurtzman as "Hollywood's Secret Weapons" who together "are the quiet force behind $3 billion in box office." He and Orci frequently work with J. J. Abrams and Michael Bay on projects. Amongst other work, Kurtzman is the creator with Abrams and Orci of the FOX hit TV show Fringe.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Science-Fiction & Fantasy | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown ov ...

The Mummy

PG-13

2017 | 2.8/5 | 1h 50min
Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
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The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects ...

Star Trek

PG-13

2009 | 3.7/5 | 2h 7min
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
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Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understa ...

Star Trek: Discovery

TV-14

2017- | 3.6/5 | 1h per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers. ...

Sleepy Hollow

TV-14

2013 | 3.7/5 | 45min per episode
Drama, Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Alex Kurtzman

The George Pal Memorial Award
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Movies with Alex Kurtzman as Actor(2)

as himself2007 The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci
as Party Guest (Uncredited02006 Mission: Impossible III

TV Shows/Series with Alex Kurtzman as Actor(1)

as himself2019 The Ready Room

Movies with Alex Kurtzman as Crew(33)

Production/Producer2024 Rob Peace
Production/Producer2023 Now You See Me 3
Production/Executive Producer2023 Star Trek: Section 31
Production/Producer2023 Matt Helm
Directing/Director2017 The Mummy
Production/Producer2017 The Mummy
Writing/Screenstory2017 The Mummy
Production/Producer2016 Now You See Me 2
Writing/Screenplay2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Writing/Story2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Production/Producer2013 Now You See Me
Production/Producer2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
Writing/Screenplay2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
Writing/Writer2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
Production/Producer2013 Ender's Game
Production/Producer2013 Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising
Directing/Director2012 People Like Us
Writing/Screenplay2012 People Like Us
Production/Producer2011 Cowboys & Aliens
Writing/Screenplay2011 Cowboys & Aliens
Production/Executive Producer2011 Locke & Key
Writing/Teleplay2011 Locke & Key
Production/Executive Producer2009 Star Trek
Writing/Writer2009 Star Trek
Production/Executive Producer2009 The Proposal
Writing/Writer2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Production/Producer2008 Eagle Eye
Writing/Screenplay2007 Transformers
Writing/Story2007 Transformers
Writing/Writer2006 Mission: Impossible III
Writing/Screenplay2005 The Island
Writing/Screenplay2005 The Legend of Zorro
Writing/Story2005 The Legend of Zorro

TV Shows/Series with Alex Kurtzman as Crew(49)

Production/Executive Producer2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Writing/Story2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Creator/Creator2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Writing/Writer2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth
Directing/Director2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth
Production/Executive Producer2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth
Writing/Teleplay2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth
Creator/Creator2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth
Production/Executive Producer2021 Star Trek: Prodigy
Production/Executive Producer2021 Clarice
Writing/Writer2021 Clarice
Creator/Creator2021 Clarice
Production/Executive Producer2020 Star Trek: Lower Decks
Production/Executive Producer2020 Star Trek: Picard
Writing/Writer2020 Star Trek: Picard
Creator/Creator2020 Star Trek: Picard
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Comey Rule
Writing/Writer2018 Star Trek: Short Treks
Creator/Creator2018 Star Trek: Short Treks
Production/Executive Producer2018 Instinct
Production/Producer2017 Salvation
Writing/Writer2017 Star Trek: Discovery
Production/Executive Producer2017 Star Trek: Discovery
Directing/Director2017 Star Trek: Discovery
Creator/Creator2017 Star Trek: Discovery
Production/Executive Producer2015 Limitless
Production/Executive Producer2014 Matador
Production/Executive Producer2014 Scorpion
Writing/Story2013 Sleepy Hollow
Writing/Writer2013 Sleepy Hollow
Creator/Creator2013 Sleepy Hollow
Production/Executive Producer2013 Sleepy Hollow
Writing/Writer2010 Hawaii Five-0
Production/Producer2010 Hawaii Five-0
Writing/Story2010 Hawaii Five-0
Production/Executive Producer2010 Hawaii Five-0
Creator/Creator2010 Hawaii Five-0
Production/Executive Producer2010 Transformers: Prime
Creator/Creator2010 Transformers: Prime
Writing/Writer2008 Fringe
Production/Producer2008 Fringe
Creator/Creator2008 Fringe
Directing/Director2001 Alias
Production/Producer2001 Alias
Writing/Writer2001 Alias
Production/Producer2000 Jack of All Trades
Writing/Writer1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Writing/Teleplay1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Writing/Teleplay1995 Xena: Warrior Princess

Born: Friday, 09/07 1973 (September) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 50 years + 226 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Wesleyan University, Crossroads School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Alex Kurtzman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Alexander Hilary Kurtzman"
"Alex" (Nickname)
Alex Kurtzman frequently works together with these people:
Roberto Orci (53x, Crew)
Akiva Goldsman (17x, Crew)
Stephen Hall (12x, Actor)
Jenny Lumet (12x, Crew)
Michael Chabon (12x, Crew)
Michael Hurst (11x, Actor)
Heather Kadin (11x, Crew)
Douglas Aarniokoski (10x, Crew)
Aaron Baiers (10x, Crew)
Campbell Rousselle (10x, Actor)
André Kovachevitch (9x, Cast)
Philippe Carr-Forster (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:941, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/02/2024