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

In the Night Kitchen (S)

1987 · Movie · 7 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Gene Deitch

5.4

22 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...

Not rated

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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,...

Not rated

Not rated