Gene deitch

Tom is involuntarily drafted on a whaling ship of an Ahab-like character in search of the whale ‘Dicky Moe’. On board Tom encounters Jerry, who makes life at sea extra hard for Tom.

The Record Changer, August 1949 (Cover art by Gene Deitch)

Gene Deitch, who turns 95 next month, is by some distance the US citizen longest resident in Prague. Deitch had run a successful animation studio in New York prior to the fateful meeting in 1959 with his future wife Zdenka that led him to settle in Prague soon after. From behind the Iron Curtain, he produced an Oscar-winning animated short, as well as directing Tom and Jerry and Popeye cartoons for…

A tribute for GENE DEITCH

The Record Changer, June 1949. (Cover art by Gene Deitch)

While a lot of people grew up watching Popeye and Tom & Jerry, or had their kids watching it all the time, most likely just a handful knew the genius behind it. Eugene Merril Deitch, most commonly known simply as Gene Deitch, was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director. He was also known for creating the animated cartoons Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik.Deitch spent most of his life in Prague, where he relocated back in 1959 when Rembrandt Films promised to fund…

In the 1960s, he directed a series of infamous Tom & Jerry shorts while living in Eastern Europe.

While a lot of people grew up watching Popeye and Tom & Jerry, or had their kids watching it all the time, most likely just a handful knew the genius behind it. Eugene Merril Deitch, most commonly known simply as Gene Deitch, was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director. He was also known for creating the animated cartoons Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik.Deitch spent most of his life in Prague, where he relocated back in 1959 when Rembrandt Films promised to fund…

Gene Deitch The Record Changer 1946