Gene Deitch Movies

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

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

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...

A young man learns his new antique violin has the power to change the form of things around it.

Short with Gaston Le Crayon.

Two owls discover the secret of peace and happiness and eventually share their secret with all their barnyard friends.

Nudnik in a shopping area.

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.

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...

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

A Terrytoons cartoon of 1959 with Gaston le Crayon

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's various mishaps with some birds.

Cartoon UPA Pilot

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.

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 wanders around his apartment as the building is being demolished.

Nudnik runs into the usual troubles.

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

Terr’ble Thompson but as a girl.