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Gene Deitch
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OverviewAI-generated
Gene Deitch was a male American artist whose professional career spanned from 1944 to 2008. He worked in the fields of animation cinematography, animated films, visual arts, screenwriting, and directing. His occupations included roles as a director, motion picture producer and director, cartoonist, animator, and visual artist.
Deitch was born in 1924 and died in 2020. He worked in the English language.
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for
- Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali1994
- Sendak — Self1986
- The Bluffers1985
- Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet — Larry Matejka (voice)1978
- The Three Robbers — Narrator1972
- I Remember Nudnik — Narrator1967
- Nudnik's Nudnickel — Bus Driver1967
- Terr'ble Tessie — Terr'ble Tessie1966
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1924–2020
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Reziseri, Motion picture producers and directors, Cartoonists, Animators, Vytvarnici, Animation cinematography
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 16 libraries
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Key facts
- Born
- Eugene Merril Deitch , ( 1924-08-08 ) August 8, 1924, Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16) (aged 95), Prague , Czech Republic
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupations
- Illustrator , animator , director
- Years active
- 1945–2008
- Spouses
- Marie (m. 1943; div. before 1964) Zdenka Najmanová ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 )
- Children
- Kim , Simon, Seth
- Awards
- Inkpot Award (2013)
- Website
- Archived at archive.org
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eugene
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Winsor McCay Award
- Image
- Gene Deitch.jpg
- Work location
- United States
- Residence
- Prague
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1924-08-08
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-04-16
- name in native language
- Gene Deitch
- birth name
- Eugene Merril Deitch
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Gene Deitch
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Eugene Merril Deitch (August 8, 1924 – April 16, 2020) was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director who was based in Prague from the 1960s until his death in 2020. Deitch was known for creating animated cartoons such as Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik, as well as his work on the Popeye and Tom and Jerry series.
Early life
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