Gene Deitch Movies

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

Nudnik and his adventures with change.

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

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

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...

A Gene Deitch cartoon about dogs and their inferior owners.

Through a stray dog's mishaps, the stray gets mixed up with people who aren't really paying attention. He starts out as a shoe shine boy, then ends...

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

A king attempts, through various methods, to remove his son's persistent frown.

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

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...

Short with Gaston Le Crayon.

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....

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

Popeye is jailed for committing a bank robbery which he insists he didn't commit. He must prove he didn't do it. In a seemingly unrelated subplot,...

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.

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 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.

An adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale