# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-deitch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:23:01.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-deitch"
name: "Gene Deitch"
slug: "gene-deitch"
description: "Eugene Merril Deitch was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director who was based in Prague from the 1960s until his death in 2020. Deitch was known for creating animated cartoons such as Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik, as well as his work on the Popeye and Tom and Jerry series."
tagline: "American illustrator, animator and film director (1924-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene_Deitch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-08-08"
deathDate: "2020-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump