Gene Deitch Movies

Three archaeologists learn about the impact television, especially the CBS network, had on postwar America.

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,...

Nudnik and his adventures with change.

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...

Nudnik wanders around his apartment as the building is being demolished.

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,...

Nudnik in a shopping area.

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....

Auntie tries to make her Nephew smile by doing goofy stuff. Tee nephew does not smile until Auntie gives up goes away and NEVER come baque.

Nudnik's various mishaps with some birds.

Cartoon UPA Pilot

Nudnik is strolling through town, getting caught in a mailbox and a garbage truck.

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

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...

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...

Nudnik runs into the usual troubles.

Terr’ble Thompson but as a girl.

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

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.

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.