Gene Deitch
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Eugene Merril "Gene" Deitch (August 8, 1924 – April 16, 2020) was an American illustrator, animator and film director. His movie Munro won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1961.[1] It was the first short made outside of the United States to receive an Oscar.
Deitch was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has three sons: Kim, Simon, and Seth. They are artists and writers for comics.[2] Deitch was married to Zdenka Deitch.[3]
Deitch died in Prague on April 16, 2020 of bowel obstruction, at the age of 95.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1960 (33rd)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ Kim Deitch at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved on November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 7, 2013.
- ↑ Gene Deitch at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved on November 6, 2013. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015.
- ↑ American animator, longtime Prague expat Gene Deitch passes away at age 95. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ↑ Amidi, Amid. Gene Deitch, Cartoon Modernist Who Headed UPA New York And Terrytoons, Dies At 95 (in en-US) (April 17, 2020)Cartoon Brew. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
Other websites
- Gene Deitch official site
- The 65 Greats in my 65-year animation career Archived 2015-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Gene Deitch on IMDb
- Howdy Doody lost work Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- "How to succeed in animation" Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine - a long teaching online book by Gene Deitch
- Biography of Gene Deitch from the Cartoon Hall of Fame of ASIFA-Hollywood Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
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