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Apr 21, 2020 · The director of the popular Tom and Jerry animated cartoons, Gene Deitch, has died at the age of 95. The Oscar-winning illustrator died on Thursday night (April 16) according to reports, and he...
From 1960 to 1963, Deitch was hired by Rembrandt to direct Popeye cartoons for television for King Features, and from 1961 to 1962 he directed 13 new Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM. [14] [19] Being a "UPA man", [20] Deitch had misgivings about the latter property, thinking they were "needlessly violent". [21]
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Eugene Merril "Gene" Deitch (August 8, 1924 - April 16, 2020) was a Czech-American illustrator, animator, and film director. He was based in Prague from the 1960s until his death in 2020. Deitch was one of the two main directors of the post Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry cartoon shorts, the other being Chuck Jones.
Deitch produced animated cartoons for studios such as UPA/Columbia Pictures, Terrytoons/20th Century Fox (Tom Terrific), MGM (Tom and Jerry), and Paramount Pictures (Nudnik, Popeye). He was later involved with Weston Woods, which produced audio and short films based on acclaimed children's books; he directed 37 such adaptations from 1969 to 2008.
Deitch joined Rembrandt Films in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia), moving out of the United States. With Rembrandt, in addition to Tom and Jerry and Popeye, he worked on Munro, the Nudnik shorts, and the Self-Help series.
Deitch was the father of Kim Deitch, Simon Deitch, and Seth Deitch; all three are prominent artists and writers in the underground comics and alternative comics movements. Upon his death, Deitch was survived by them and his wife, Zdenka.
In 1961, after Rembrandt Films won an Oscar for the short Munro, William L. Snyder approached the head of MGM, Joseph Vogel, to collaborate with the studio to continue the Tom and Jerry franchise after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera got laid off and the animation unit closed down. From 1961 to 1962, Deitch produced 13 Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM.
Deitch always cited Tom and Jerry as a bad example of "senseless violence" but appreciated the "perfect craftsmanship, the expressive animation with its exquisite timing, the endless gag inventiveness, and the characters' incredible damage survival." After being assigned, he noticed that nobody took the violence of the shorts seriously, and by doing that enough, he was parodying "exaggerated human actions."
Deitch mentioned that the animators from Prague were not familiar with the Tom and Jerry cartoons at the time and were not allowed to receive proper credits due to the Czechoslovak connection. When Joseph Vogel was no longer at MGM, Deitch and Snyder found themselves without a contract and were not allowed to develop any more shorts.
Despite the overall reception of the shorts being poor, Deitch affirmed those cartoons "got loud laughs in the theaters," and fans would send him letters stating that his shorts were among their favorites. Following his death, he has sometimes been miscredited as the creator of Tom and Jerry.
1."Chapter 21: Tom & Jerry: The First Reincarnation" - (AWN.com)
2."Tom and Jerry... and Gene" (Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection)
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4."'Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection' – DVD Review" (Rotoscopers.com)
Apr 18, 2020 · I lobbied for and eventually co-produced the Deitch Tom & Jerry collection for Warner Home Entertainment. My biggest thrill was being able to present him with a Winsor McCay Award for lifetime achievement at the Annie Awards in 2004.
Jun 1, 2015 · Tom & Jerry – The Gene Deitch Collection. EDITOR’S NOTE: Tomorrow is the release date for TOM & JERRY: THE GENE DEITCH COLLECTION. Considering the sorry state of the DVD business – at least among the major studios – this may be the last classic theatrical cartoon collection from Warner Bros. to feature restored cartoons and include a ...
Apr 24, 2020 · Deitch directed Tom & Jerry shorts 1960-1962. While MGM chose Looney Tunes’ Chuck Jones—at the time, lately laid off by Warner—to make the subsequent seasons of Tom and Jerry , Deitch quickly found a new opportunity with Paramount, this time producing an entirely creator-driven series.
Apr 19, 2020 · Tom and Jerry director Gene Deitch has passed away at the age of 95. The Oscar-winning illustrator died on Thursday night at his apartment in Prague, it has been reported.
