FILM DIRECTOR

Gene Deitch

1924 - 2020

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Eugene Merril Deitch (August 8, 1924 – April 16, 2020) was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director who was based in Prague from the 1960s until his death in 2020. Deitch was known for creating animated cartoons such as Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik, as well as his work on the Popeye and Tom and Jerry series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Deitch is the 556th most popular film director (down from 397th in 2019), the 4,049th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,515th in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Film Director.

Gene Deitch is most famous for his work on the animated series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, which he created with Jay Ward.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gene Deitch ranks 556 out of 2,041. Before him are René Laloux, Gorō Miyazaki, Kim Jee-woon, Ferdinand Zecca, Delmer Daves, and Osamu Dezaki. After him are Michel Audiard, Tonino Delli Colli, Martin Brest, Paul W. S. Anderson, James Mangold, and Marcel L'Herbier.

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Among people born in 1924, Gene Deitch ranks 185. Before him are Renia Spiegel, Claude Lefort, Ján Chryzostom Korec, José Donoso, S. N. Goenka, and Alice Babs. After him are Alexander Matrosov, Guillermo Rodríguez, Aloísio Lorscheider, Ken Tyrrell, Olivier Gendebien, and Alain Bombard. Among people deceased in 2020, Gene Deitch ranks 220. Before him are Jackie Stallone, Flavio Cotti, Alfred Körner, Armando Manzanero, Claude Bolling, and Sonja Ziemann. After him are David Graeber, Pentti Linkola, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Millie Small, José Bonaparte, and McCoy Tyner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Deitch ranks 4,049 out of 20,380. Before him are Sue Lyon (1946), Monte Melkonian (1957), Joseph B. Foraker (1846), Whitfield Diffie (1944), John Powell (1947), and Lawrence Eagleburger (1930). After him are Jesse Ventura (1951), Dan Castellaneta (1957), Ada Blackjack (1898), David Graeber (1961), Frank McCourt (1930), and Sam Giancana (1908).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gene Deitch ranks 144. Before him are Don Bluth (1937), Gerard Damiano (1928), John Milius (1944), Taylor Hackford (1944), Philip Kaufman (1936), and Delmer Daves (1904). After him are Martin Brest (1951), James Mangold (1963), Michael Ritchie (1938), Rob Cohen (1949), Charles Barton (1902), and David Chase (1945).

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