Kurt Tondorf joined the New York office of Optomen in 2007 as a producer before becoming Vice President, Development in 2009.
Kurt developed the 11-part series Evolve for History and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Science, Natural History and Technology Programming as producer of the series premiere. He has since developed several series and specials for various networks, winning major commissions including upcoming series for Travel Channel and Animal Planet.
Before coming to Optomen, Kurt was the sole U.S.-based development producer and producer for Windfall Films in London. He developed Windfall's internationally acclaimed three-part series My Brilliant Brain, producing the episode "Accidental Genius", which won the BANFF Rockie award for Best Science and Technology Program.