FILM DIRECTOR

Gene Deitch

1924 - 2020

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Eugene Merril Deitch (August 8, 1924 – April 16, 2020) was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director who was based in Prague from the 1960s until his death in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Deitch has received more than 1,250,508 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Gene Deitch is the 397th most popular film director (down from 373rd in 2019), the 2,515th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,418th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Film Director.

Gene Deitch is most famous for his work on the animated series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, which he created with Jay Ward.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

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  • 56.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gene Deitch ranks 397 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Copeau, Paolo Sorrentino, Ishirō Honda, Luigi Comencini, Mervyn LeRoy, and John McTiernan. After him are Karel Reisz, Tony Gatlif, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, James L. Brooks, Russ Meyer, and Claire Denis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Gene Deitch ranks 121. Before him are Alexander Haig, Bud Powell, Raymond Barre, Geraldine Page, Maria Riva, and Tatiana Nikolayeva. After him are Alice Babs, Yehuda Amichai, Roland Petit, Dawda Jawara, Rik Van Steenbergen, and Bayezid Osman. Among people deceased in 2020, Gene Deitch ranks 135. Before him are Nikolai Kapustin, Amadeo Carrizo, Philippe Nahon, Vera Lynn, Albert Memmi, and Ivry Gitlis. After him are Margaret Burbidge, Sergei Khrushchev, Jean Kennedy Smith, Dana Zátopková, Amfilohije Radović, and Ben Cross.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Deitch ranks 2,515 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Edward Witten (1951), Matt Cameron (1962), John McTiernan (1951), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), and Ann Dunham (1942). After him are Cornell Woolrich (1903), Bill Viola (1951), Heather Locklear (1961), Lynda Carter (1951), David Julius (1955), and Cyd Charisse (1922).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gene Deitch ranks 105. Before him are Saul Bass (1920), Joe Dante (1946), Robert Benton (1932), Gerard Damiano (1928), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), and John McTiernan (1951). After him are James L. Brooks (1940), Russ Meyer (1922), J. J. Abrams (1966), Merian C. Cooper (1893), Richard Brooks (1912), and Taylor Hackford (1944).

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Filmography

Popeye the Sailor
Director
Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating sailor continues to delight young and old with his comic adventures, and the entire gang is around to provide plenty of rousing fun and action: Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Wimpy and Bluto.
7.122 / 10
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
Director
The very first movie adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit. Made in just 30 days so that the producer could keep the rights to Tolkien's books.
Jun 30th 19675.577 / 10
Munro
Director
A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
Nov 9th 19615.792 / 10