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My Take
Alex Kurtzman is fascinating to me because his fingerprints are on so many blockbusters that audiences rarely connect to a single name. The Transformers films, the 2009 Star Trek reboot, Into Darkness, The Amazing Spider-Man 2: that is an enormous chunk of 2000s and 2010s franchise cinema, much of it written with Roberto Orci. I see him as the kind of architect Hollywood runs on, equally comfortable writing, producing, directing The Mummy, and running shows. The George Pal Memorial Award fits a career built on genre spectacle. A Wesleyan education and a steady move into showrunning suggest someone who plays the long game behind the scenes.
Overview
Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alex Kurtzman
- Name (Japanese)
- アレックス・カーツマン
- Reading
- あれっくす・かーつまん
- Born
- September 7, 1973 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film director / film producer / executive producer / showrunner
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Wesleyan University
Awards & achievements
- The George Pal Memorial Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.