Buzz Potamkin
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Died
- April 22, 2012 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, United States
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Berenstain Bears - Halloween Treats!
Movie · Producer
Cow and Chicken
TV · Executive Producer · 156 eps
Pizza Boy in No Tip
Movie · Executive Producer
Tumbleweed Tex in School Daze
Movie · Executive Producer
Boid 'n' Woim
Movie · Executive Producer
Hillbilly Blue
Movie · Executive Producer
Shake & Flick: Raw Deal in Rome
Movie · Executive Producer
O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can
Movie · Executive Producer
Daisy-Head Mayzie
Movie · Executive Producer
Yoink of the Yukon
Movie · Executive Producer
Hard Luck Duck
Movie · Executive Producer
Dino In Stay Out
Movie · Executive Producer
Powerpuff Girls : Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins
Movie · Executive Producer
The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply in "A Clean Getaway"
Movie · Executive Producer
Help?
Movie · Executive Producer
No Smoking
Movie · Executive Producer
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular
Movie · Executive Producer
What a Cartoon!
TV · Executive Producer · 1 ep
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
Movie · Executive Producer
The Town Santa Forgot
Movie · Executive Producer
The Halloween Tree
Movie · Executive Producer
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
TV · Executive Producer · 25 eps
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers
Movie · Producer
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Movie · Producer
Marvin: Baby of the Year
Movie · Producer
Mad Scientist
Movie · Producer
The Berenstain Bears Play Ball
Movie · Producer
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls
Movie · Producer
The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine
Movie · Producer
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
Movie · Producer
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City
Movie · Producer
The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw
Movie · Producer
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
Movie · Producer