Gary Kurtz was a producer on the 1973 coming-of-age film directed and co-written by whom?
Gary Kurtz Gary Douglas Kurtz (born July 27, 1940) is 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.
Dark Star (film) Dark Star is a 1974 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship "Dark Star", twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets.