Gene Deitch

Animator, Film director

1924 –

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Who is Gene Deitch?

Eugene Merril "Gene" Deitch is an American illustrator, animator and film director. He has been based in Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia and the present-day Czech Republic, since 1959.

Deitch produced animated cartoons for studios such as UPA/Columbia Pictures, Terrytoons/20th Century Fox, MGM, and Paramount Pictures.

His sons Kim Deitch, Simon Deitch, and Seth Deitch are prominent artists and writers in the underground comix and alternative comics movements.

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Born
Aug 8, 1924
Chicago
Also known as
  • Eugene Merrill Deitch
  • Eugene Merril "Gene" Deitch
  • G. Deitch
  • Eugene Merril Deitch
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Nationality
  • United States of America
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on July 23, 2013

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