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Name: Gene Deitch  
   
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Date of Birth: 8th August 1924
   
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
   
Profession: Director
 
 
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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.

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