Direction: Gene Deitch
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Gene Deitch. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Tom and Jerry (TV Series)
1940 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction William Hanna · Joseph Barbera · Tex Avery · Michael Lah
Plot Tom and Jerry is a successful and long-running series of theatrical short subjects created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that centered on a never-ending rivalry between a...
6.8
31K votes
6.8
31K votes
Tom & Jerry: Switchin' Kitten (S)
1961 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot A mad scientist, assisted by Jerry, swaps the brains of a dog and a cat. Tom happens by this castle and is baffled by the dog-like cat's behavior. He keeps...
6.0
116 votes
6.0
116 votes
Popeye (TV Series)
1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction William Hanna · Joseph Barbera · Barry Mills · E. C. Segar
Plot TV Series (1960–1962). 220 Episodes. In 1960, King Features Syndicate commissioned a new series of Popeye cartoons, but this time for television syndication. Al Brodax served as executive producer of...
5.9
23K votes
5.9
23K votes
Where the Wild Things Are (S)
1973 · Movie · 9 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot A boy named Max imagines he is "Where The Wild Things Are''.
5.9
185 votes
5.9
185 votes
Munro (S)
1961 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army.
5.9
254 votes
5.9
254 votes
Tom & Jerry: Landing Stripling (S)
1962 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot A young bird flies into Tom's territory, but quickly allies himself with Jerry. Tom shows a coyote-like persistence and reliance on ever more elaborate schemes to catch the bird.
5.8
139 votes
5.8
139 votes
Tom & Jerry: Down and Outing (S)
1961 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot Tom's master is going fishing, and Tom comes along. Jerry comes along, too, despite Tom's attempt to stop him, and manages to get Tom in all kinds of trouble with...
5.7
101 votes
5.7
101 votes
Tom & Jerry: High Steaks (S)
1962 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot Tom's owner is having a cookout. Jerry sees this, and develops a taste for steak himself, but Tom stops him with a barbecue fork. They fence with forks. Jerry sends...
5.6
115 votes
5.6
115 votes
5.4
22 votes
Tom & Jerry: It's Greek to Me-ow! (S)
1961 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot A Tom & Jerry cartoon, this time set in ancient Greece. As usual, Tom is fixated on catching and eating Jerry, while Jerry delights in outsmarting and abusing Tom. In...
5.4
102 votes
5.4
102 votes
Krazy Kat (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 6 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch · Al Kouzel · Geoff Pike
Plot This show follows the adventures of Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, and Officer Pupp. Ignatz is the mouse that always cause mischief, or mouse-chief. Krazy is the character who loves Ignatz...
5.0
51 votes
5.0
51 votes
The Hobbit (S)
1966 · Movie · 12 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot Before the 1977 Rankin And Bass production…there was this 1966 version by Gene Deitch. Originally planned as a full-length feature film before the Tolkien craze hit, a screenplay was written...
4.4
280 votes
4.4
280 votes
Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens (S)
1991 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot 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.
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Tom & Jerry: Calypso Cat (S)
1962 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot Tom falls for a female cat but she quickly loses interest in him when they arrive in at an island and Jerry torments him.
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Tall in the Trap (S)
1962 · Movie · 8 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot Jerry is a cheese rustler in the old west and Tom gets deputized to bring him to justice.
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Alice of Wonderland in Paris
1966 · Movie · 52 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot After Wonderland, Alice dreams of going to Paris. A mouse named Francois, the grandson of Anatole, agrees to take her there if she will tell him her favorite cheese. Along...
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Tom & Jerry: Dicky Moe (S)
1962 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot The captain's obsession with the white whale Dicky Moe led his crew to abandon ship. He abducts Tom and enlists him as crew but Jerry's already on board to help...
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Tom & Jerry: Sorry Safari (S)
1962 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot Tom and Jerry accompany a man on a safari trip into the jungle. Like usual, Tom attempts to catch Jerry, but the man in the safari is fed up with...
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Tom & Jerry: Carmen Get It! (S)
1962 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Gene Deitch
Plot Jerry runs into the Metropolitan Opera (preparing to perform Carmen), so Tom poses as a violinist, with help from a hidden tape recorder.
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Self Defense... for Cowards (S)
1962 · Movie · 8 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Gene Deitch
Cast Arthur Treacher
Plot 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,...
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