Along with his Munro Academy Award, Gene Deitch was nominated twice in 1964 for Here’s Nudnik and How to Avoid Friendship.
Gene Deitch also co-produced Sidney’s Family Tree and that was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1958.
He is best-known for Munro, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1960 and for directing episodes of the iconic Tom and Jerry cartoon series.
During his first year at United Productions of America, Gene Deitch started his animation career and did not look back.