Buzz Potamkin
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.
Movies (32)
The Berenstain Bears - Halloween Treats!
2009 · Director, Producer
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
1998 · Director
Tumbleweed Tex in School Daze
1996 · Executive Producer
Pizza Boy in No Tip
1996 · Executive Producer
Hillbilly Blue
1996 · Executive Producer
Boid 'n' Woim
1996 · Executive Producer
No Smoking
1995 · Executive Producer
Yoink of the Yukon
1995 · Executive Producer
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular
1995 · Executive Producer
O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can
1995 · Executive Producer
The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply in "A Clean Getaway"
1995 · Executive Producer
Shake & Flick: Raw Deal in Rome
1995 · Executive Producer
Hard Luck Duck
1995 · Executive Producer
Dino In Stay Out
1995 · Executive Producer
Powerpuff Girls : Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins
1995 · Executive Producer
Daisy-Head Mayzie
1995 · Executive Producer
Help?
1995 · Executive Producer
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
1994 · Executive Producer
The Town Santa Forgot
1993 · Executive Producer
The Halloween Tree
1993 · Executive Producer
The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers
1992 · Producer, Director
The Adventures of the Maltese Cat
1991 · Thanks
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1990 · Producer
Marvin: Baby of the Year
1989 · Director, Producer
Mad Scientist
1988 · Producer, Director
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls
1983 · Producer
The Berenstain Bears Play Ball
1983 · Producer
The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine
1982 · Producer
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
1981 · Producer
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City
1981 · Producer
The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw
1980 · Producer
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
1979 · Producer
