Jeff Kurtti is a leading authority on The Walt Disney Company, its founder, and its history. He is the author of more than twenty books, a writer-director of award-winning documentary content, and a respected public speaker. A Seattle, Washington native, Kurtti worked as a production coordinator on the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival, followed by two years as the assistant to the president of the California Institute of the Arts. For several years, he worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, the theme park design division of The Walt Disney Company, and then for the Corporate Special Projects department of Disney. Since 1995, Kurtti has enjoyed a career as an author, writer, and consultant in the motion picture, theatre, and theme park entertainment industries. He was creative director, content consultant, and media producer for The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and a producer of The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story, a critically acclaimed documentary about the famed songwriters.
PRAISE FOR FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU: THE DISNEY CHRISTMAS CARD#5 of 19 great coffee table books for Disney fans--Business Insider PRAISE FOR PRACTICALLY POPPINS IN EVERY WAY This coffee table-worthy book by Jeff Kurtti is much more than a visually appealing celebration of the franchise.--Broadway Direct PRAISE FOR THE ART OF DISNEY COSTUMING One of 20 Books Every True Disney Fan Should Have in Their Collection--POPSUGAR PRAISE FOR THE ART OF MULAN . . . chronicles the production team's research trip to China and the creative development of the pic . . .--Variety PRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY . . . no small feat to do what Jeff Kurtti has done . . .--Jason Cochran, Editor-in-Chief, Frommers.com PRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY Highly recommended!--John Canemaker, NYU professor and head of Animation Studies PRAISE FOR TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY One of 20 Books Every True Disney Fan Should Have in Their Collection--POPSUGAR