Biography for
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Date of Birth

8 August 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

Eugene Merril Deitch

Mini 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 Acadamy 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 still lives in Prague, with his wife, Zdenka.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Charles Brubaker

Spouse

Zdenka Deitchová	(24 November 1964 - present)
Marie Deitch	(? - 1960) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

Moved to Prague in 1959.

Father of underground cartoonist Kim Deitch (1944- ).

Last name is pronounced with a long "I".