Gene Deitch

Gene Deitch

DirectorWriterEditor
Born
August 8, 1924
Died
April 16, 2020
Awards
9 wins, 9 nominations

Gene Deitch was an animator at UPA. He later joined Terrytoons in 1955. He created characters like "John Doormat", "Clint Clobber", "Gaston Le Crayon", "Sidney", and "Foofle". In early 1958, his theatrical cartoon Sidney's Family Tree (1958) was nominated for Academy Award. In August, 1958, he was…

Biography

Gene Deitch was an animator at UPA. He later joined Terrytoons in 1955. He created characters like "John Doormat", "Clint Clobber", "Gaston Le Crayon", "Sidney", and "Foofle". In early 1958, his theatrical cartoon Sidney's Family Tree (1958) was nominated for Academy Award. In August, 1958, he was fired from Terrytoons, and in 1960, he moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia to work with William L. Snyder, and directed approximately a dozen Tom and Jerry cartoons for MGM, and also "Krazy Kat" and "Popeye" for King Features, and also a Oscar Winning Munro (1961). He later created "Nudnik", a character based on "Foofle", which he created, while at Terrytoons. He lived in Prague, with his wife, Zdenka, until the time of his death on April 16th, 2020.

Actor

Diary of a SpiderDiary of a Spider(2006)as Additional Voices
Jeste vetsí blbec, nez jsme doufaliJeste vetsí blbec, nez jsme doufali(1994)as Steve Kelly
The BluffersThe Bluffers(1986)
The Three Robbers(1972)as Narrator
Nudnik's Nudnickel(1967)as Bus Driver

Visual Effects

Teeny-Tiny and the Witch WomanTeeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman(1980)

Editorial Department

Where the Wild Things AreWhere the Wild Things Are(1975)

Known for

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