Gene Deitch (Director)
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Works
The Bluffers
Welcome to the magical, musical land of Bluffoonia where the evil tyrant, Clandestino, rules the kingdom with an iron hand and a cold heart. Day by day he's destroying the beautiful forest for his own selfish gains, but the Bluffers—a group of lovable and mischievous animals—are determined to save their forest homeland.
Release Date1985-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobAuthor
Charactersd
Episode Count13
Vote Count4
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy, the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...
Release Date1978-08-04
Charactersd Larry Matejka (voice)
Vote Count58
The Three Robbers
An animated adaptation of the picture book by Toni Ungerer
Release Date1972-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Narrator
Vote Count1
Nudnik's Nudnickel
Nudnik and his adventures with change.
Release Date1967-08-01
DepartmentCrew
JobCreator
Charactersd Bus Driver
Terr'ble Tessie
Terr’ble Thompson but as a girl.
Release Date1966-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Terr'ble Tessie
Vote Count1
I Remember Nudnik
A reuse of animation (with minor edits) from previous Nudnik episodes.
Release Date1967-11-01
DepartmentCrew
JobCreator
Charactersd Narrator
Vote Count1
Sendak
A rare look into the private world of Maurice Sendak, who describes the significant events of his own life and their impact on his work.
Release Date1986-01-01
Charactersd Self
Popeye the Sailor
Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating sailor continues to delight young and old with his comic adventures, and the entire gang is around to provide plenty of rousing fun and action: Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Wimpy and Bluto.
Release Date1960-06-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count28
Vote Count421
The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show
Release Date1956-12-16
DepartmentVisual Effects
JobAnimation
Episode Count13
Vote Count1
Krazy Kat
A hilarious throwback collection of kooky escapades from this rare 1960s cartoon about lovable cats, mischievous mice and big mouthed pups.
Release Date1962-09-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count33
Vote Count1
Switchin' Kitten
Tom becomes fearless when he feels like going into the eerie castle.
Release Date1961-09-07
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count16
High Steaks
Tom's owner, Clint Clobber, is grilling steaks in his backyard. The steak's scent reaches Jerry, who is aroused by it and is led to the steak.
Release Date1962-03-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count22
Camp Clobber
The apartment house superintendent, Clint Clobber, a turkey if there ever was one, is constantly pestered by an old retired Army general, who keeps the tenants in a dither and uproar with his hard-nosed and disciplined military habits. Clint finally finds a way to rid the house of the undesirable tenant.
Release Date1958-07-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Tom Terrific
Drawn in a simple style, it features a gee-whiz boy hero, Tom Terrific, who lives in a treehouse and can transform himself into anything he wants thanks to his magic, funnel-shaped "thinking cap," which also enhances his intelligence. He has a comic lazybones of a sidekick, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and an arch-foe named Crabby Appleton, whose motto is, "I'm rotten to the core!" Other foes include Mr. Instant, the Instant Thing King, Captain Kidney Bean, Sweet Tooth Sam, the Candy Bandit and Isotope Feaney, The Meany.
Release Date1957-06-10
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
A demonstration of how to make a "Tom & Jerry" cartoon.
Release Date1962-08-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count21
Anatole
The adventures of Anatole, a suave and debonair French mouse, in a cheese factory.
Release Date1962-09-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Sorry Safari
Tom joins his owner on a hunting safari in Kenya. Jerry has hidden himself in the Clint's luggage, and Tom quickly sees him and attempts to get rid of him.
Release Date1962-10-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count16
Strega Nona
Big Anthony, left alone with Strega Nona's magic pasta pot, runs into trouble when he decides to show the townspeople how it works.
Release Date1977-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Bark, George
George was a dog. His mother was a dog too. George made different sounds, which made his mother take him to the vet/veterinarian. A veterinarian/vet will take an animal's health and temperatures. The vet said "Please bark, George" every single time after George's mother went on very desperate. Which was a reference to when George made strange sounds a dog doesn't say, George's mother tells before it happens, "No, George. A ___ goes "___". A dog goes "arf!" Now bark, George." Good thing George said the right thing. But before it happened, the vet put on his latex gloves and pulled out the animals.
Release Date2003-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The Giants
A blue dwarf and a red dwarf get into a vicious argument. Each ultimately calls upon a matching giant to protect them, with unexpected results.
Release Date1970-09-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Where the Wild Things Are
A young boy named Max who, after dressing in his wolf costume, wreaks such havoc through his household that he is sent to bed without his supper. Max's bedroom undergoes a mysterious transformation into a jungle environment, and he winds up sailing to an island inhabited by malicious beasts known as the "Wild Things." After successfully intimidating the creatures, Max is hailed as the king of the Wild Things and enjoys a playful romp with his subjects. However, he starts to feel lonely and decides to return home, to the Wild Things' dismay. Upon returning to his bedroom, Max discovers a hot supper waiting for him.
Release Date1975-10-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count15
It's Greek to Me-ow!
This cartoon opens with a narrator introducing the ancient Greek Acropolis, describing its wealth and beautiful architecture. Tom is depicted as one of these inhabitants, an alley cat who lives in the shadows of Athens searching for food.
Release Date1961-12-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count17
Calypso Cat
While chasing Jerry around a dock, Tom sees and instantly falls in love with a female cat. The female cat appears to return Tom's interest, so Tom sneaks aboard the ship the female cat and her owner have just boarded. Jerry follows Tom onto the boat and proceeds to interfere with Tom's subsequent flirtations.
Release Date1962-06-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count20
The Hat
The Hat is the story of a poor, disabled veteran, named Benito Badoglio, who finds a magical hat (actually, it finds him) and how that changes his life.
Release Date1982-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Sidney's Family Tree
Sidney the elephant is looking for a mother, even though he's 44. The hippo and giraffe turn him down.
Release Date1958-12-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
Alice travels to Paris and hears five stories adapted from children's picture books in this anthology film. The books adapted include: "Anatole," "Madeline and the Bad Hat," "The Frowning Prince," "Many Moons," and "Madeline and the Gypsies."
Release Date1966-02-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count12
Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens
When Winnie, who never reads, lifts off with a foxy stranger, sensible Harriet must use every ounce of energy and brain power to rescue her.
Release Date1991-09-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Carmen Get It!
Jerry runs into the Metropolitan Opera, trying to evade Tom.
Release Date1962-12-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count22
Gaston's Easel Life
While Gaston LeCrayon is setting up his painting area on the sidewalk, a limousine zooms by and splashes mud all over the canvas. The wealthy woman, who was a passenger in that limousine, mistakes the mud-splashed canvas for "art" and invites Gaston to her mansion, wanting him to create a masterpiece with her expensive art supplies. Her husband, however, has different ideas.
Release Date1958-10-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Weight for Me
After six months at sea, Popeye and Brutus see that Olive has become overweight after eating too much out of feeling lonely. Popeye wants to help her get thinner while Brutus says she is fine like that. The sailor's attempts to make her exercise are thwarted by his rival each time, ending with both Olive and Popeye trapped in the exercise machines the latter had bought. But eating spinach turns the tables and allows Popeye to trim down his beloved's pounds by using his forearms as a reducing machine. Brutus then decides to follow their example.
Release Date1961-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Mouse Into Space
Jerry, tired of Tom's repeated attempts to kill him, leaves the house to join a space program. Tom tries to convince Jerry to stay, but to no avail.
Release Date1962-04-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count17
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
This short film is the first film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel, The Hobbit. The film is a considered an "ashcan copy" as it was made quickly and cheaply by the producer to keep the rights to to the material.
Release Date1967-06-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count45
Topsy TV
Entry in the John Doormat series of shorts.
Release Date1957-01-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Tall in the Trap
When Jerry rustles cheese from the Dry Gulch General Store, Sheriff Mutt Dillin hires Tom, the fastest trap in the West.
Release Date1962-09-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count16
Diary of a Fly
The day to day existence of a little fly that wants to be a superhero and is not afraid to dream really big.
Release Date2004-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Buddies Thicker Than Water
On a snowy night in the city, Jerry is comfortably asleep in his hole inside a penthouse, while Tom tries to keep from freezing to death in the alley below.
Release Date1962-11-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count19
Gag Buster
In this Cinemascope Terrytoon, Spoofy is a zany little fox that comes to life on the animator's drawing board and subdues a western gunslinger with trick props and gadgets.
Release Date1957-07-10
DepartmentProduction
JobProduction Supervisor
Vote Count1
Harold's Fairy Tale
Harold draws himself a castle in an enchanted garden and fills it with a king, a giant, a fairy - and himself!
Release Date1974-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The Pigs' Wedding
A short adaptation of the book by Helme Heine
Release Date1990-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
The Duncan family is beside itself when son Sylvester turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a hungry lion.
Release Date1993-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count2
Down and Outing
Tom accompanies his owner, Clint Clobber, who has severe anger management issues, on a fishing trip.
Release Date1961-10-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count17
It's a Living
Dinky quits the cartoon business and gets a job as a spokes-duck for TV commercials.
Release Date1957-11-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The Fabulous Firework Family
A young Mexican boy, son of the greatest fireworks maker in all of Mexico, saves the day when his father's fireworks fail to go off as planned at the big festival.
Release Date1959-08-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Patrick
A young man learns his new antique violin has the power to change the form of things around it.
Release Date1973-09-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
In The Night Kitchen
Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake and so begins an intoxicating dream fantasy in this animated short adaptation of Maurice Sendak's 1970 Caldecott Honor children's picture book.
Release Date1987-10-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Moon Man
In this classic story by one of the world's best-loved and acclaimed storytellers for children, the man in the moon looks down on the happy, dancing people on Earth every night, wishing he could join them. He hitches a ride on a passing comet, but quickly finds himself thrown into jail by people who see him as an invader, rather than a friendly visitor. The Moon Man, however, has a most unusual - but perfectly logical - means of escape, and sets out to make his way back home.
Release Date1981-03-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The Foolish Frog
A farmer wanted words to go with the tune he was playing when he saw a frog sitting on the bank of the stream. The frog did something silly which gave the farmer the words for his song. The farmer went to the corner store to sing his song for people there.
Release Date1971-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Rosie's Walk
Rosie's walk around the farmyard, pursued by the hungry but clumsy fox, has become a beacon in the world of children's picture books, an ever-popular classic which generations have enjoyed. Children love the humor of this near-wordless story. One disaster after another befalls the poor fox while Rosie goes on her way, supremely unaware of the danger behind her.
Release Date1970-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
The Orchestra
The eleven musicians from the orchestra introduce themselves and talk about their instruments.
Release Date1984-10-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
An adaptation of the book by Verna Aardema
Release Date1984-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Dicky Moe
In a 19th century fishing harbor, the captain of the Komquot is obsessed with catching the great white whale Dicky Moe. His obsession unnerves his crew so badly that they all desert the ship. Shortly afterward, the captain finds Tom searching for food in the harbor, knocks him out, and takes him aboard. Tom believes at first that he is going on a cruise, but the captain soon puts him to work scrubbing the deck.
Release Date1962-07-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count21
Dustcap Doormat
John's next-door neighbor tries to help him become more assertive against his wife Jane and tell her that he won't do any more housework.
Release Date1958-06-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Old Mother Clobber
A CinemaScope cartoon in which Clint Clobber, in his usual job as an apartment-house manager, is annoyed no end by a brat of a girl who seems determined to drive him out of his mind as she goes about wrecking the place. But, in the end, he finds out he needs her.
Release Date1958-09-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Zlateh the Goat
With the holiday season approaching, poor Reuven, the furrier, has no recourse but to sell the family's beloved goat for supplies. But Aaron has other ideas!
Release Date1973-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The Swineherd
A spoiled princess scorns the love of an honorable prince who offers her precious gifts.
Release Date1975-04-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Nudnik Impossible
Nudnik runs into the usual troubles.
Release Date1991-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Drummer Hoff
Adaptation with verse and accompanying music of an old folk tale about the building and firing of a cannon.
Release Date1969-11-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Smile for Auntie
Auntie tries to make her Nephew smile by doing goofy things, but none of it seems to work.
Release Date1979-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
How to Avoid Friendship
The Independent League of Loners, known as the ILL, has studied the problem of excess camaraderie and has formulated this happy guide to solitude. A case study of person types to avoid.
Release Date1964-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Landing Stripling
Tom and Jerry are sleeping outside during the day when a yellow bird wearing a red helmet lands on Tom, waking him up. Although the bird brushes Tom's torso off and reacts politely like "pardon me", Tom goes after the bird, catches it, and proceeds to beat it up.
Release Date1962-05-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count18
Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman
A deliciously scary story about a boy who outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.
Release Date1980-05-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count9
Emily's First 100 Days of School
School begins, and one day at a time, Emily and her new classmates learn new ideas, expand their world, and grow closer together.
Release Date2006-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Self Defense... for Cowards
In a series of vignettes, we see how to "win" a barroom fight by such tactics as going limp, garlic breath, screaming, enlisting the help of a large, intimidating friend, etc.
Release Date1962-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
The Juggler of Our Lady
Medieval times. A juggler has little success making a living; he puts on a hair shirt and becomes an ascetic, but attracts only other ascetics. Finally, in desperation, he becomes a monk. He visits the other monks, who all glorify the Lady with their skills: cooking, painting, sculpture, etc. He tries helping them, but botches it. A festival is held for the Lady, and each of the monks offers his gift, but the juggler has nothing. Frustrated, he juggles for her, all night, alone.
Release Date1957-12-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
A Gene Deitch cartoon about dogs and their inferior owners.
Release Date1963-09-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Munro
A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army.
Release Date1961-11-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count27
How to Win on the Thruway
A Gene Deitch cartoon about driving.
Release Date1962-09-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The Frowning Prince
A king attempts, through various methods, to remove his son's persistent frown.
Release Date1961-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Flebus
The gregarious Flebus, whom everyone likes, grows desperate when he meets the one person who can't stand him.
Release Date1957-08-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Springtime for Clobber
Clint falls in love with a woman who has arrived to the apartment. The combination of love and spring, makes Clint forget about his duties, leading one of the flats to become flooded.
Release Date1958-04-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Changes, Changes
Based on a 1971 wordless picture book by Pat Hutchins. "The little wooden couple are happy in their building-block house -- until it catches fire. The solution? They transform the house into a fire engine! But then there's so much water that they have to build a boat..." -- Amazon.com
Release Date1972-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Depth Study
Three archaeologists learn about the impact television, especially the CBS network, had on postwar America.
Release Date1957-01-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
The three original beloved Bunny Planet stories are now available in a single-volume gift edition with magnetic closure and ribbon place marker. Featuring full-color illustrations and a new poem introducing Janet the Bunny Queen, it's a must-have for anyone who occasionally needs to be transported from mundane reality to "the day that should have been" on a happy planet where life is exactly as you want it to be.
Release Date2008-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat
A UPA adaptation of the television series (1947-1960) dummy-cowboy, Howdy Doody. Filmed in both 35 and 16mm (for immediate television use in the event theatre exhibitors balked at showcasing a television character,) the plot has Howdy Doody in quest of a magic cowboy hat that will make him invincible. Filled with predominant variations of colors and designs and abstract-color designs as Howdy chases the elusive hat. Finally capturing it, he uses the hat's magical powers to become a rodeo star.
Release Date1954-01-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Three bears come home from a bicycling trip through the woods to find a little girl "all nice and cozy and fast asleep" in Baby Bear's bed.
Release Date1993-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count1
The Flamboyant Arms
After receiving a call stating that Mr. Flamboyant will be arriving at the apartment for inspection, Clint tries to clean the place up. During the process, he goes through clogged up garbage chutes, broken trash cans, faulty electricity, and a leaking ceiling, all of which makes the place worse for the inspection.
Release Date1959-04-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Signed, Sealed, and Clobbered
One of Clint Clobber's tenants keeps a seal in his flat. After discovering the seal, Clint goes mad. He then tells his tenant he can't keep Alvin (the seal) because no animals are allowed. A man looking for a circus act visits the tenant, and is not highly impressed by the seal, until Clint chases Alvin. The man then wants to sign the seal and Clint as a "clown with seal" act. Alvin doesn't want to work with Clint and she moves to another flat with its owner. Clint is upset, because he thinks he could have been a "clown superstar".
Release Date1958-11-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The Happy Owls
Two owls discover the secret of peace and happiness and eventually share their secret with all their barnyard friends.
Release Date1969-06-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Samson Scrap and Delilah
Intended for a TV series in 1960, this short about Samson, a junk yard owner and his horse Delilah help a couple of kids build a bridge between their apartments. It was released theatrically in 1962.
Release Date1962-03-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Gaston’s Mama Lisa
A Terrytoons cartoon of 1959 with Gaston le Crayon
Release Date1959-06-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Foofle's Train Ride
In this Terrytoon,Foofle goes on a tour-train guided-excursion. But, par for his usual course, he screws everything up from the schedule to the baggage.
Release Date1959-05-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
I Lost My Bear
What do you do when your best toy disappears and no one will help you find it? Jules Feiffer's spunky little detective learns that if you keep on searching, you might just discover more than you expected!
Release Date2005-10-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Pump Trouble
An anxious man in his forties quits his job and resigns himself to an early death after a supposed heart attack, but his doctor sets him straight.
Release Date1954-01-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Clobber's Ballet Ache
Clint Clobber, superintendent of the Flamboyant Arms, is watching the fights on an old-fashioned TV set.
Release Date1959-01-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Charlie Needs a Cloak
A shepherd named Charlie need a new cloak, so he shears a sheep and makes one from it's wool.
Release Date1977-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The Beast of Monsieur Racine
A suspicious pear-thieving beast becomes fast friends with a lonely man who proudly presents him to the prestigious Academy of Sciences.
Release Date1974-01-01
DepartmentArt
JobProduction Design
Vote Count2
Wings for Roger Windsock
Young Roger Windsock loves airplanes. One day Roger discovers he has grown a pair of wings, but is dismayed to find out that he cannot fly.
Release Date1947-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Gaston's Baby
A rich woman on her way to a costume party thinks Gaston is a babysitter; Gaston thinks he's there to paint her child's picture. Gaston mistakes her husband, in costume, for the child, and takes extreme measures to make him sit still for his portrait.
Release Date1958-03-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The Emperor's New Clothes
An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale
Release Date1990-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A Picture For Harold's Room
With his purple crayon, Harold draws a picture for his room - and then becomes part of it.
Release Date1971-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Clint Clobber's Cat
Clint Clobber, the superintendent/janitor at an exclusive apartment house kicks out a dog. The dog disguises himself as a cat to fool a kind-hearted, near-sighted old maid tenant, who becomes attached to it and tells off Clint when he wants to toss the dog out again.
Release Date1957-07-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
A Story-A Story
Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.
Release Date1973-06-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Another Day, Another Doormat
Johnny Doormat has a domineering, nagging wife. He takes his ire at her out on his office workers. His wife sees him at a tobacco shop and, through an illusion, pictures him as her television hero. But when he gets home, he has turned back into his meek, spineless self.
Release Date1959-04-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Shove Thy Neighbor
Things are peaceful in John Doormat's neighborhood until he gets a new neighbor, and the new neighbor comes with a dog that likes to grab and gnaw on John's leg every time he sees him. Doormat buys his own large mutt which chases the neighbor's pest-pet home. When the two men meet to exchange some bitter words, the neighbor's dog clamps on John's leg, and John's dog is chewing on the neighbor's leg.
Release Date1957-06-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Here's Nudnik
Nudnik lives in the Withered Arms Apartments in what appears to be Manhattan. He wakes from his chair/bed and eventually escapes. He decides to start cooking and between expanding bread and a flooding sink creates disaster in his apartment.
Release Date1965-08-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
Diary of a Spider
This is the diary of a spider who's a lot like you! He goes to school, but he also spins sticky webs and takes wind-catching lessons.
Release Date2006-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Seeing Double
Popeye is jailed for committing a bank robbery which he insists he didn't commit. He must prove he didn't do it. In a seemingly unrelated subplot, two thugs build a Popeye robot to do their bidding.
Release Date1960-11-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Welcome Nudnik
Nudnik's adventures at a train station, city, and zoo.
Release Date1966-02-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Max et les Maximonstres et autres histoires
Release Date1991-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Sick, Sick Sidney
This Cinemascope cartoon features a baby elephant, Sidney, who scoffs and laughs at his jungle friends who want to be captured and lead a life of ease in a big-city zoo.
Release Date1958-06-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Big Sam & Punky
Cartoon short
Release Date1967-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Diary of a Worm
Meet a worm not that different from you or me, except that his head looks a lot like his tail! A hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller that will be sure to delight kids both young and old.
Release Date2005-10-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Drive on, Nudnik!
Nudnik experiences trouble with a car.
Release Date1966-11-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Nudnik On A Shoestring
Nudnik in a shopping area.
Release Date1967-10-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
The Tale of a Dog
Through a stray dog's mishaps, the stray gets mixed up with people who aren't really paying attention. He starts out as a shoe shine boy, then ends becoming the president of the GALLAGER and Foofer Frankfurter Co.
Release Date1959-02-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Gaston Is Here
Gaston Le Crayon is a French (kind of beatnik-looking) artist who brings his artwork to life. He's doing a famous painting to be. Movie director Alfred Fitchcock moves in next door. Fitchcock is making a movie about a man stranded in the frozen Arctic. Gaston takes it seriously. He paints a toaster, stuffs the freezing man in it, and pops him out like a piece of toast. Gaston thinks that he's doing a good deed. Fitchcock is furious.
Release Date1957-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Nudnik On The Roof
Nudnik is strolling through town, getting caught in a mailbox and a garbage truck.
Release Date1966-05-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Gaston, Go Home
Short with Gaston Le Crayon.
Release Date1958-05-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Gene Deitch: The Picture Book Animated
Picture book animator for Weston Woods Studios Gene Deitch, shares his insights into the purpose, art and technique of adapting, as animated films, outstanding picture books such as ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. Shows Deitch and his wife Zdenka, in Prague where they live and work.
Release Date1977-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Nudnik On The Beach
Nudnik spends the day at the beach.
Release Date1967-05-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Home Sweet Nudnik
Nudnik wanders around his apartment as the building is being demolished.
Release Date1965-12-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
From Nudnik With Love
Nudnik's various mishaps with some birds.
Release Date1966-09-01
DepartmentCrew
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Good Neighbor Nudnik
Nudnik wakes up in a dump yard, and tries to find a job painting the house of a pianist in an expensive neighborhood next to the dump yard.
Release Date1966-06-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Who Needs Nudnik??
Nudnik awakens at a woman's home and bothers both her and her dog throughout the day.
Release Date1966-08-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali
Vít Dolejší, popularly known as Vitoušek, monitors the groundwater in the underground of the National Theatre, and when he gets fired because the theatre will go to the nuns, he has no choice but to inherit the Richmond Hotel in Karlovy Vary from his American grandfather and the five million dollars tied up in its rapid reconstruction. At that moment, however, he finds himself caught in the web of intrigues of a wealthy ex-broker called Boss, the hotel manager and former Aesthete Křiváček, and the cunning lawyer Wagner. However, not only big money is at stake, but also the charm of the notorious gambler Alice, with whom Vitoušek falls in love and then shows everyone that he is not such a fool as everyone thought.
Release Date1994-06-02
Vote Count8