Tom and jerry creator3/17/2024 ![]() ![]() Deitch set own studio in New York called Gene Deitch Associates, Inc, which primarily produced television commercials. ![]() In early 1958, his theatrical cartoon Sidney’s Family Tree was nominated for an Academy Award and later that year in August Terrytoons laid him off. While still working at UPA, Deitch wrote and drew the United Feature Syndicate comic strip The Real-Great Adventures of Terr’ble Thompson!, Hero of History, starring a courageous child in fantastical adventures. There he created such characters as Sidney the Elephant, Gaston Le Crayon, Tom Terrific, and Clint Clobber. Deitch worked a variety of jobs before taking up an apprenticeship at the animation studio, United Productions of America (UPA) in 1955, later becoming the creative director of Terrytoons. ![]()
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