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Coffee with Gene Deitch | Conversation

09.12.2014
Americké centrum, Tržiště 13, Praha 1 – Malá Strana
Fee: Registration required at acprague@state.gov by December 5, 2014.

About the Event

Join our meeting with Gene Deitch, American artist, and discuss his fascinating life in Prague, animation work, and about what it is like to get an Academy Award.

Registration required at acprague@state.gov by December 5, 2014. Seats are limited, first come first served. Please, include „Konverzace“ as the subject in your email. You will receive confirmation of your participation after December 5.

Strictly in English.

Eugene Merril “Gene” Deitch is an American illustrator, animator and film director from Chicago, Illinois. He has been based in Prague since 1959. Gene Deitch produced animated cartoons for studios such as UPA/Columbia Pictures, Terrytoons/20th Century Fox (Tom Terrific), MGM (Tom and Jerry), and Paramount Pictures (Nudnik, Popeye). His film Munro won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1961, the first short composed outside of the United States to be so honored.


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