Has died in his Czech home aged 95.
In 2004, he received the Winsor McCay Award for his lifelong contribution to animation.
In 2004, he received the Winsor McCay Award for his lifelong contribution to animation.
Oscar-winning animator and filmmaker Gene Deitch dies at 95
Gene Deitch, who won the Academy Award in the animated short category in 1960 and was nominated for the same award for two other films, dies at 95,
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Gene Deitch. Director: Obri. Gene Deitch was an animator at UPA. He later joined Terrytoons in 1955. He created characters like "John Doormat", "Clint Clobber", "Gaston Le Crayon", "Sidney", and "Foofle". In early 1958, his theatrical cartoon Sidney's Family Tree (1958) was nominated for Academy...
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