Kurtzman co-created Fringe, a series pairing weekly scientific investigations with a parallel universe conspiracy. It follows the pattern of his television work: an accessible procedural surface concealing a serialised mythology, with a family relationship supplying the emotional structure underneath a very large premise.
He worked for years in a writing partnership that produced screenplays for several of the largest franchises of the two thousands, and he has since run an entire long standing science fiction franchise across multiple concurrent series. He produces at considerable volume through his own company, across both film and television.
Recurring subjects: family placed at the centre of enormous premises, science fiction concepts made emotionally legible, and franchise stewardship treated as a creative role. His writing favours strong pilots and clear procedural hooks, with the mythology introduced gradually across a season rather than front loaded into the opening hours.
His screenplays include some of the highest grossing films of their decade, and his franchise stewardship has produced several concurrent series across very different registers, from children's animation to prestige drama. His career is a common reference in discussions of how modern franchises are creatively managed.
For viewers interested in how a franchise is run rather than merely written. Suited to anyone approaching the parallel universe series, and to those following the long standing science fiction franchise across its several concurrent series.
