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Kurtzman in 2014, photo by kathclick /www.bigstockphoto.com
Birth Name: Alexander Hilary Kurtzman
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 7, 1973
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Alex Kurtzman is an American film and television writer, producer, and director. He has directed the films People Like Us and The Mummy (2017), co-written the Transformers and Star Trek reboot film franchises, as well as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014); and co-created the shows Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Picard , and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . He often works with Roberto Orcí .
He is married to Samantha Counter. Samantha’s father was labor attorney Nick Counter, who was a long-time president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Alex’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Rubin.