Ernest Pintoff

Ernest Pintoff

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 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. His career took off in 1957, when he wrote the script for Flebus, followed by 1959 as a producer and director 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. In 1964, he won an Oscar for his direction of the 1963 film, The Critic, which was narrated by co-creator Mel Brooks and focused on a man with a grumpy voice trying to understand abstractions he observes. 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), Falcon Crest (1981) and Voyagers! (1982). 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. Pintoff produced and directed a number of low-budget independent films such as Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965), 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, Nel mirino del giaguaro (1979). Following his last film in 1985, Pintoff taught directing at the School of Visual Arts, American Film Institute, USC School of Cinematic Arts, California Institute of the Arts and UCLA. He received the International Animated Film Society's Winsor McCay Award for prolific lifetime contributions to animation in 1998.

  • Title: Ernest Pintoff
  • Popularity: 1.892
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1931-12-15
  • Place of Birth: Watertown, Connecticut, USA
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Ernest Pintoff Movies

  • 1965
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    Harvey Middleman, Fireman

    Harvey Middleman, Fireman

    3 1965 HD

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  • 1982
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    St. Helens

    St. Helens

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1979
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    Jaguar Lives!

    Jaguar Lives!

    4 1979 HD

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  • 1981
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    Lunch Wagon

    Lunch Wagon

    4.2 1981 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Critic

    The Critic

    6.389 1963 HD

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  • 1957
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    Flebus

    Flebus

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Violinist

    The Violinist

    5.2 1959 HD

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  • 1971
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    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    4.6 1971 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Critic

    The Critic

    6.389 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Critic

    The Critic

    6.389 1963 HD

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  • 1971
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    Dynamite Chicken

    Dynamite Chicken

    5.4 1971 HD

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  • 1965
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    Harvey Middleman, Fireman

    Harvey Middleman, Fireman

    3 1965 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Interview

    The Interview

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1965
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    Harvey Middleman, Fireman

    Harvey Middleman, Fireman

    3 1965 HD

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  • 1978
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    Human Feelings

    Human Feelings

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Old Man and the Flower

    The Old Man and the Flower

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Old Man and the Flower

    The Old Man and the Flower

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1973
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    Blade

    Blade

    5.2 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Blade

    Blade

    5.2 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Blade

    Blade

    5.2 1973 HD

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  • 1967
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    This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

    This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

    10 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

    This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

    10 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

    This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

    10 1967 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Violinist

    The Violinist

    5.2 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Violinist

    The Violinist

    5.2 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Fight On For Old

    Fight On For Old

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1958
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    Blues Pattern

    Blues Pattern

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1971
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    Dynamite Chicken

    Dynamite Chicken

    5.4 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Dynamite Chicken

    Dynamite Chicken

    5.4 1971 HD

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  • 1970
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    5.6 1970 HD

    Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A...

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons, between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network. The...

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.

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  • 1970
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    6.942 1970 HD

    A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  • 1970
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    7.571 1970 HD

    The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a...

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

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  • 1970
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    6.1 1970 HD

    James at 15 (later James at 16) is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1977–1978 season. Protagonist James Hunter is the son...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    The lives and trials of the staff and civilian residents of a US naval base.

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    6.5 1970 HD

    Family melodrama set at Loughlin AFB in Texas, Edwards AFB in California and Vietnam from the early 1960s thru 1973. Col. Raynor Sarnac (Nelson)...

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  • 1970
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    6.972 1970 HD

    After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.

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  • 1970
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    7.1 1970 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

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  • 1970
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    7.7 1970 HD

    He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon....

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    Code Red is an American drama series that ran from 1981 to 1982 on ABC and was produced by Irwin Allen. The series revolves around the family and...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Big Hawaii is an American drama television series that aired from September 21 until November 23, 1977.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Spencer's Pilots is an American adventure series that aired on CBS from September 17 to November 19, 1976. The series stars Gene Evans as Spencer...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert...

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  • 1970
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  • 1970
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  • 1970
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    7.238 1970 HD

    Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman...

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  • 1970
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    10 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    10 1970 HD

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