Gene Deitch (born
August 8,
1924 in
Chicago, Illinois) 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 Pictures,
Terrytoons Fox (
Tom Terrific),
MGM (
Tom and Jerry) and
Paramount Pictures (Nudnik).He directed, with producer
William L. Snyder, a series of made for TV shorts of
Krazy Kat for
King Features Television from 1962 to 1964.
The Bluffers, which was based on one of Deitch's ideas, was also co-produced by him.
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