Gene Deitch Movies

Jerry runs into the Metropolitan Opera, trying to evade Tom.

Clint Clobber, superintendent of the Flamboyant Arms, is watching the fights on an old-fashioned TV set.

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...

A reuse of animation (with minor edits) from previous Nudnik episodes.

School begins, and one day at a time, Emily and her new classmates learn new ideas, expand their world, and grow closer together.

Auntie tries to make her Nephew smile by doing goofy things, but none of it seems to work.

Sidney the elephant is looking for a mother, even though he's 44. The hippo and giraffe turn him down.

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...

Nudnik experiences trouble with a car.

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.

Nudnik and his adventures with change.

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...

A Terrytoons cartoon of 1959 with Gaston le Crayon

Two kids want to build a bridge and get help from Samson.

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...

Nudnik's adventures at a train station, city, and zoo.

Cartoon UPA Pilot

When Jerry rustles cheese from the Dry Gulch General Store, Sheriff Mutt Dillin hires Tom, the fastest trap in the West.

Picture book animator for Weston Woods Studios Gene Deitch, shares his insights into the purpose, art and technique of adapting, as animated films,...

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...