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Buzz Potamkin
New York, New York, United States
Potamkin is known for founding Perpetual Motion Pictures (later called Buzzco Associates) with Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli in 1968, which led to the production of hundreds o…
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Potamkin is known for founding Perpetual Motion Pictures (later called Buzzco Associates) with Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli in 1968, which led to the production of hundreds of television advertisements, including the Hawaiian Punch series, MTV's "Top of the Hour" (the moon man), and MTV's "I Want My MTV" campaign. He also established the companies Visionary Media, Project X, and Southern Star Productions, an Australian/American subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera. Potamkin produced the animated specials The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree in 1979 and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue in 1990, among others. After working at The Walt Disney Company for a short period in 1991, Potamkin was hired by Fred Seibert as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons' Executive Producer & Head of TV, where he oversaw all the studio's output and produced shorts for Cartoon Network's "What a Cartoon!" series through 1996. Potamkin died from pancreatic cancer on April 22, 2012, and was survived by his wife Rosie.
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2009
The Berenstain Bears - Halloween Treats!
Movie Director
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1998
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
Movie Director
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1997
Cow and Chicken
TV show Executive Producer
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1996
Tumbleweed Tex in School Daze
Movie Executive Producer
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1996
Pizza Boy in No Tip
Movie Executive Producer
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1996
Hillbilly Blue
Movie Executive Producer
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1996
Boid 'n' Woim
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
No Smoking
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Yoink of the Yukon
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply in "A Clean Getaway"
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Shake & Flick: Raw Deal in Rome
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Hard Luck Duck
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Dino In Stay Out
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
What a Cartoon!
TV show Executive Producer
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1995
Powerpuff Girls : Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Daisy-Head Mayzie
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Help?
Movie Executive Producer
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1994
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
Movie Executive Producer
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1993
The Town Santa Forgot
Movie Executive Producer
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1993
The Halloween Tree
Movie Executive Producer
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1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
TV show Executive Producer
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1992
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers
Movie Producer
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1991
The Adventures of the Maltese Cat
Movie Thanks
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1990
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Movie Producer
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1989
Marvin: Baby of the Year
Movie Director
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1988
Mad Scientist
Movie Producer
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1985
The Berenstain Bears
TV show Director
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1983
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls
Movie Producer
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1983
The Berenstain Bears Play Ball
Movie Producer
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1982
The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine
Movie Producer
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1981
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
Movie Producer
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1981
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City
Movie Producer
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1980
The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw
Movie Producer
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1979
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
Movie Producer
