Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:04:06 +0200https://english.radio.cz/gene-deitch-part-1-oscar-winning-us-animator-who-made-tom-and-jerry-cartoons-8126279© 2026 Radio Prague International Gene Deitch, who turns 95 next month, is by some distance the US citizen longest resident in Prague. Deitch had run a successful animation studio in New York prior to the fateful meeting in 1959 with his future wife Zdenka that led him to settle in Prague soon after. From behind the Iron Curtain, he produced an Oscar-winning animated short, as well as directing Tom and Jerry and Popeye cartoons for the American market. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/deitch_gene.jpg?timestamp=1590380083 https://english.radio.cz/gene-deitch-part-1-oscar-winning-us-animator-who-made-tom-and-jerry-cartoons-8126279 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9