- Came up with the title for L'Empire contre-attaque (1980)
- He invested in Return to Oz (1985) which failed at the box office. He filed for bankruptcy in 1985.
- He took over John Barry's second unit duties after his sudden death on the set of L'Empire contre-attaque (1980) until his replacement Harley Cokeliss arrived. Kurtz directed the scene in which Luke flees the Wampa cave.
- Father of Melissa Kurtz and Tiffany Hillkurtz
- He has produced three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars: Épisode IV - Un nouvel espoir (1977) and L'Empire contre-attaque (1980).
- Child with Roberta Jimenez Kurtz - Dylan Antony Kurtz
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