Buzz Potamkin
Production
Born 1945-11-22
Died 2012-04-22
New York, New York, United States
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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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Filmography
Producing
32 credits
Cow and Chicken
What a Cartoon!
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
No Smoking
Mad Scientist
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
Daisy-Head Mayzie
The Town Santa Forgot
The Halloween Tree
Help?
Powerpuff Girls : Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
Hard Luck Duck
Tumbleweed Tex in School Daze
Pizza Boy in No Tip
Boid 'n' Woim
The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City
O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can
Shake & Flick: Raw Deal in Rome
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine
The Berenstain Bears Play Ball
Dino In Stay Out
The Berenstain Bears - Halloween Treats!
Hillbilly Blue
Yoink of the Yukon
The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply in "A Clean Getaway"
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers
Directing
6 credits
The Berenstain Bears
Mad Scientist
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
Marvin: Baby of the Year
The Berenstain Bears - Halloween Treats!
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers
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