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Ernest Pintoff (December 15, 1931 in Watertown, Connecticut – January 12, 2002 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles) was an American film and television director, screenwriter and film producer. He won the Oscar for Best Animated Short for The Critic (1963), a satire on modern art written and narrated by Mel Brooks.
Ernest Pintoff won the Oscar for best animated short for The Critic (1963), a satire on modern art written and narrated by Mel Brooks. Pintoff previously earned an Oscar nomination for his animated short The Violinist (1959), narrated by Carl Reiner.
- Director, Music Department, Producer
- December 15, 1931
- Ernest Pintoff
- January 12, 2002
Feb 4, 2002 · Ernest Pintoff, a filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 1963 for ''The Critic,'' a short animated satire about modern art, died Jan. 12 at a hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 70 and...
Short animated film directed by Ernest Pintoff, based on an interview by Henry Jacobs and Woodrow Leafer (Lenny Bruce?).
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- Daniele Grosso
Short animated film directed by Ernest Pintoff.Animation: Vincent Bell, assisted by John RenzaVoices: Dayton AllenMusic: Ernest Pintoff, arranged and conduct...
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- Daniele Grosso
Feb 7, 2002 · Ernest Pintoff, an Academy Award-winning animator and a film and television director, has died. He was 70. Pintoff died Jan. 12 at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and...
Apr 30, 2008 · Flebus (1957) is one of the most uncompromisingly modern films ever produced by Terrytoons. Ernest Pintoff was its director-designer and also scored the film...
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