About
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.
Filmography
St. Helens1982 · Director
Lunch Wagon1981 · Director
Jaguar Lives!1979 · Director
Human Feelings1978 · Director
Blade1973 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?1971 · Director
Dynamite Chicken1971 · Director, Writer, Producer
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage1967 · Director, Teleplay, Producer
Harvey Middleman, Fireman1965 · Music, Director, Writer
The Critic1963 · Director, Producer, Sound
The Old Man and the Flower1962 · Director, Writer
The Interview1960 · Director
The Violinist1959 · Director, Writer, Music
Flebus1957 · Director
Fight On For Old1956 · Director
Blues Pattern1956 · Director