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| Gene Deitch (born August 8 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American Academy-Award winning illustrator, animator and film director, based out of Prague. From 1945 to 1951 Deitch was a frequent contributor to The Record Changer, a jazz magazine. He has produced animated cartoons for studios such as UPA/Columbia (Tom Terrific), MGM (Tom and Jerry), and Paramount Pictures (Nudnik). Since 1968 Deitch has been the leading animation director for the Connecticut organization Weston Woods/Scholastic, adapting children's picture books. In 2004 he was awarded the "Annie" by ASIFA Hollywood for a lifetime contribution to the art of animation. His sons Kim Deitch and Simon Deitch were prominent artists in the underground comix movement. Another son, Seth Deitch writes fiction, mostly for underground publications. Deitch has lived in Prague since 1961. He wrote a memoir, For the Love of Prague, based on the experience of being "the only free American in Prague during 30 years of Communism". [ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Gene Deitch ] Some related entries: Moonlight Express | About Love | Lauro António | Robbery | The Hot Chick | Event Horizon | Samurai 7 Episode Guide | The Ladies Man | Brubaker | Mika Ronkainen | The Dot and the Line This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Gene Deitch; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. | Searches on eBay |
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