Ernest Pintoff (b. December 15, 1931, Watertown, Connecticut - d. January 12, 2002, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles) was an Oscar-winning American film and television director, screenwriter and film producer. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Watertown is the name of some places in the United States of America: Watertown, Connecticut Watertown, Massachusetts Watertown, Michigan Watertown, Minnesota Watertown, New York Watertown, South Dakota Watertown, Tennessee Watertown, Wisconsin Watertown Township, Michigan Watertown is also a nickname for Area 51 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Woodland Hills is the name of various communities, including: Woodland Hills, Fulton County, Arkansas Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California is a community within the city of Los Angeles. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...

He won the Oscar for Best Animated Short for The Critic (1963), a satire on modern art written and narrated by Mel Brooks. Jay Sherman posing. ... Mel Brooks in the 2005 film of The Producers Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies, or as he says, spoofs. ...

Background

Born in Watertown, Connecticut, but raised in New York City, Pintoff originally began as a jazz trumpeter who taught painting and design at Michigan State University. However, he had always shown an interest in the animation of film and began writing in 1956. Watertown is the name of some places in the United States of America: Watertown, Connecticut Watertown, Massachusetts Watertown, Michigan Watertown, Minnesota Watertown, New York Watertown, South Dakota Watertown, Tennessee Watertown, Wisconsin Watertown Township, Michigan Watertown is also a nickname for Area 51 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ... A trumpeter may be one of several things: A trumpeter is a musician who plays the trumpet. ... Michigan State University (MSU) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan. ...

Career

His career took off in 1957, when he wrote the script for Flebus, followed by 1959 as a producer for the animated short film, The Violinist. Narrated by Carl Reiner, the film earned Pintoff an Oscar nomination and illustrated a promising young career in directing film ahead of him. Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. ...

In 1963, he won an Oscar for his direction of the 1963 film, The Critic (film). The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...

On television, Pintoff directed many episodes of popular television series, including Hawaii Five-O (1968), Kojak (1968), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The Dukes of Hazard (1979) and Falcon Crest (1981). As part of NBC's "Experiments in Television" in the late 1960s, he also directed the documentaries This Is Marshall McLuhan and This Is Sholem Aleichem. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... (help·info) Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Part of The Bionic series The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ... The Dukes of Hazzard is a American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. ... Falcon Crest was an American primetime television soap opera about the feud between the Channings and the Giobertis, two separate rich wine families in West Central California, around San Francisco in a fictional town, Tuscany Valley. ...

Pintoff has produced a number of low-budget films such as Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (1971) and Dynamite Chicken (1972), a film using a collection of old clips from music with appearances by John Lennon, Richard Pryor and Andy Warhol. Dynamite Chicken is a 1972 film involving Richard Pryor, and partly funded by and featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono. ... John Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), born John Winston Lennon, was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an African American comedian, actor, and writer. ... Andy Warhol, photographed by Helmut Newton. ...

Following his last film in 1985, Pintoff taught directing at the School of Visual Arts, American Film Institute, California Institute of the Arts and UCLA. The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. ... Entrance to CalArts on McBean Parkway The California Institute of the Arts is commonly referred to as CalArts. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ...

He received the International Animated Film Society's Winsor McCay Award for prolific lifetime contributions to animation in 1998. Animation is the technique of filming a sequence of drawings or positions of models to create an illusion of movement. ...

Health

After suffering a stroke in 1985, Pintoff retired from film and turned to writing books, including a memoir, Bolt From the Blue and a novel, Zachary and further books on his love of animation. His health declined again in 2001 and he died of a stroke on January 12, 2002. Zachary is a given name that may refer to: Zechariah, a prophet in the Bible Zacharias or Zachary, father of John the Baptist Pope Zachary (741-752) Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States or Zachary Jostad (1988-Present), a current... Animation is the technique of filming a sequence of drawings or positions of models to create an illusion of movement. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Family

• Caroline Pintoff - wife
• Jonathan Pintoff - son
• Gabrielle Stornaiuolo - daughter who lives in San Francisco
• Three grandsons