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Gene Deitch

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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 was nominated for Acadamy Award. In August, 1958, he was fired from Terrytoons... See full bio »

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Eugene Merril Deitch
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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2006 Emily's First 100 Days of School (video short)
 
2005 I Lost My Bear (short)
 
2005 Diary of a Worm (short)
 
2003 Bark, George (video short)
 
1993 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (short)
 
1992 Dick Bruna (TV series)
 
1991 Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens (short)
 
1991 The Nudnik Show (TV series)
 
1990 The Pigs' Wedding (short)
 
1990 The Emperor's New Clothes (short)
 
1987 In the Night Kitchen (short)
 
1984 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (short)
 
1982 The Hat (short)
 
1981 Moon Man (short)
 
1980 Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman (short)
 
1979 Smile for Auntie (short)
 
1977 Strega Nona (short)
 
1977 Charlie Needs a Cloak (short)
 
1975 The Swineherd (short)
 
1974 The Beast of Monsieur Racine (short)
 
1974 Harold's Fairy Tale (short)
 
1973 Patrick (short)
 
1973 A Story, a Story (short)
 
1973 Zlateh the Goat (short)
 
1973 Changes, Changes (short)
 
1973 Where the Wild Things Are (short)
 
1972 The Three Robbers (short)
 
1971 The Dream World (short)
 
1971 The Foolish Frog (short)
 
1971 A Picture for Harold's Room (short)
 
1970 Rosie's Walk (short)
 
1969 Drummer Hoff (short)
 
1969 The Happy Owls (short)
 
1969 The Giants (short)
 
1967 Nudnik's Nudnickel (short)
 
1967 Nudnik on a Shoestring (short)
 
1967 Big Sam & Punky (short) (uncredited)
 
1966 Good Neighbor Nudnik (short)
 
1966 Nudnik on the Beach (short)
 
1966 Who Needs Nudnik?? (short)
 
1966 The Hobbit (short) (uncredited)
 
1966 From Nudnik with Love (short)
 
1966 Nudnik on the Roof (short)
 
1966 Welcome Nudnik (short)
 
1966 Alice of Wonderland in Paris
 
1966 Terr'ble Tessie
 
1966 I Remember Nudnik (short)
 
1965 Home Sweet Nudnik (short)
 
1965 Drive On, Nudnik (short)
 
1965 Here's Nudnik (short)
 
1964 How to Avoid Friendship (short)
 
1963 How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
 
1963 Krazy Kat (TV series)
– A Kat's Tale (1963)
– Alp Wanted (1963)
– An Arrow Escape (1963)
– Arty Smarty (1963)
– Big and Little (1963)
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1962 Carmen Get It! (short)
 
1962 Buddies... Thicker Than Water (short)
 
1962 Samson Scrap and Delilah (short)
 
1962 How to Win on the Thruway (short)
 
1962 The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit (short)
 
1962 Tall in the Trap (short)
 
1962 Sorry Safari (short)
 
1962 Self Defense... for Cowards (short)
 
1962 Mouse Into Space (short)
 
1962 Landing Stripling (short)
 
1962 High Steaks (short)
 
1962 Dicky Moe (short)
 
1962 Calypso Cat (short)
 
1961 It's Greek to Me-ow! (short)
 
1961 Down and Outing (short)
 
1961 Munro (short)
 
1961 Switchin' Kitten (short)
 
1960-1961 Popeye the Sailor (TV series)
– Canine Caprice (1961) (supervising director)
– Disguise the Limit (1961) (supervising director)
– Have Time Will Travel (1961) (supervising director)
– Intellectual Interlude (1961) (supervising director)
– Model Muddle (1961) (supervising director)
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1960 Anatole (short)
 
1959 The Fabulous Firework Family (short) (supervising director)
 
1959 Gaston's Mama Lisa (short) (supervising director)
 
1959 Foofle's Train Ride (short) (supervising director)
 
1959 The Flamboyant Arms (short) (supervising director)
 
1959 Another Day, Another Doormat (short) (supervising director)
 
1959 Clobber's Ballet Ache (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Sidney's Family Tree (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Signed, Sealed, and Clobbered (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Gaston's Easel Life (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Old Mother Clobber (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Camp Clobber (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Dustcap Doormat (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Sick, Sick Sidney (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Gaston, Go Home (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Springtime for Clobber (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 The Juggler of Our Lady (short) (supervising director)
 
1958 Gaston's Baby (short) (supervising director)
 
1957 It's a Living (short) (supervising director)
 
1957 Flebus (short) (supervising director)
 
1957 Clint Clobber's Cat (short) (supervising director)
 
1957 Shove Thy Neighbor (short) (supervising director)
 
1957 Gaston Is Here (short) (supervising director)
 
1957 A Bum Steer (short) (supervising director)
 
1957 Depth Study (short) (supervising director - uncredited)
 
1957 Tom Terrific (TV series)
 
1957 Topsy TV (short) (supervising director)
 
1954 Pump Trouble (short)
 
1954 Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat (short)
 
1949 The Mite Box (short) (uncredited)
 
1949 Building Friends for Business (short) (uncredited)
 
1947 Wings for Roger Windsock (short) (uncredited)
 
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2006 Emily's First 100 Days of School (video short) (adaptation)
 
2003 Bark, George (video short) (adaptation)
 
1993 Goldilocks and the Three Bears (short) (adaptation)
 
1993 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (short) (adaptation)
 
1991 Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens (short) (adaptation)
 
1990 The Pigs' Wedding (short) (adaptation)
 
1990 The Emperor's New Clothes (short) (adaptation)
 
1987 In the Night Kitchen (short) (adaptation)
 
1986 The Bluffers (TV series)
– Ik zie, ik zie, wat jij ook ziet (1986) (creator)
 
1984 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (short) (adaptation)
 
1982 The Hat (short) (adaptation)
 
1981 Moon Man (short) (adaptation)
 
1977 Strega Nona (short) (adaptation)
 
1977 Charlie Needs a Cloak (short) (adaptation)
 
1975 The Swineherd (short) (adaptation)
 
1973 Patrick (short) (adaptation)
 
1973 A Story, a Story (short) (adaptation)
 
1973 Zlateh the Goat (short) (story adaptation)
 
1973 Changes, Changes (short) (adaptation)
 
1973 Where the Wild Things Are (short) (adaptation)
 
1972 The Three Robbers (short) (adaptation)
 
1971 The Dream World (short) (written by)
 
1971 The Foolish Frog (short) (adaptation)
 
1969 Drummer Hoff (short) (adaptation)
 
1969 The Happy Owls (short) (adaptation)
 
1969 The Giants (short) (story)
 
1967 Nudnik's Nudnickel (short) (creator)
 
1967 Big Sam & Punky (short) (creator)
 
1966 Good Neighbor Nudnik (short) (creator)
 
1966 Nudnik on the Beach (short) (creator)
 
1966 Who Needs Nudnik?? (short) (creator)
 
1966 The Hobbit (short) (uncredited)
 
1966 Nudnik on the Roof (short) (creator)
 
1966 Welcome Nudnik (short) (creator)
 
1966 I Remember Nudnik (short) (creator)
 
1965 Home Sweet Nudnik (short) (creator)
 
1965 Drive On, Nudnik (short) (creator)
 
1965 Here's Nudnik (short) (creator)
 
1962 Carmen Get It! (short) (story)
 
1962 Samson Scrap and Delilah (short) (story)
 
1962 How to Win on the Thruway (short)
 
1962 Tall in the Trap (short) (story)
 
1962 Dicky Moe (short) (story)
 
1961 Switchin' Kitten (short) (story)
 
1957 The Hope That Jack Built (short) (story)
 
1957 Tom Terrific (TV series) (creator)
 
1954 Pump Trouble (short) (story)
 
1954 Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat (short) (story)
 
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1963 The Frozen Logger (supervising director)
 
1963 Krazy Kat (TV series) (creative supervisor - 10 episodes)
– Adman on the Loose (1963) (creative supervisor)
– Bungle in the Jungle (1963) (creative supervisor)
– Duel Personality (1963) (creative supervisor)
– Earth Worm Turns (1963) (creative supervisor)
– Happy Daze (1963) (creative supervisor)
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Show ShowActor (6 titles)
1994 Jeste vetsí blbec, nez jsme doufali
Steve Kelly
 
1986 The Bluffers (TV series)
– Ik zie, ik zie, wat jij ook ziet (1986) (voice)
 
1972 The Three Robbers (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1967 Nudnik's Nudnickel (short)
Bus Driver (voice) (uncredited)
 
1966 Terr'ble Tessie
Tessie (voice)
 
1966 I Remember Nudnik (short)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (5 titles)
2006 Emily's First 100 Days of School (video short)
 
1982 The Hat (short)
 
1981 Moon Man (short)
 
1977 Charlie Needs a Cloak (short)
 
1974 The Beast of Monsieur Racine (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1986 The Bluffers (TV series) (producer)
 
1959 Madeleine's Rescue (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1959 Madeleine and the Gypsies (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1957 Tom Terrific (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowSound Department (4 titles)
1980 Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman (short) (special audio effects)
 
1973 Patrick (short) (sound montage)
 
1973 Where the Wild Things Are (short) (sound montage)
 
1969 The Giants (short) (sound)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (3 titles)
1992 Dick Bruna (TV series) (animation director)
 
1986 The Great Cheese Conspiracy (character designer - as G. Deitch)
 
1962 Samson Scrap and Delilah (short) (layout artist)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
1992 Dick Bruna (TV series)
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (1 title)
1980 Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman (short) (special visual effects)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
1973 Where the Wild Things Are (short) (montage)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1958 Springtime for Clobber (short) (storyboard artist)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1992 Posezení s Janem Burianem (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.76 … Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

He created "Terr'ble Thompson" comic strip until he joined Terrytoons.

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Alternate Names:

G. Deitch
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Trivia:

Father of underground cartoonist Kim Deitch (1944- ). See more »

Star Sign:

Leo