Ernest Pintoff

Director

Born: December 15, 1931
Died: January 12, 2002 (age 70)
From: Watertown, Connecticut, USA

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. Born in Watertown, Connecticut, but raised in New York City, Pintoff originally began…

Filmography (16)

St. Helens (1982)
Director
Lunch Wagon (1981)
Director
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Director
Human Feelings
Human Feelings (1978)
Director
Blade (1973)
Director
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
Director
Dynamite Chicken (1971)
Director
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage (1967)
Director
Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965)
Director
The Critic (1963)
Director
The Old Man and the Flower
The Old Man and the Flower (1962)
Director
The Interview
The Interview (1960)
Director
The Violinist (1959)
Director
Flebus
Flebus (1957)
Director
Fight On For Old
Fight On For Old (1956)
Director
Blues Pattern
Blues Pattern (1956)
Director