Ernest Pintoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest Pintoff

American film director

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1931

Place of Birth: Watertown, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 12-Jan-2002

Profession: screenwriter, animator, university teacher, film director, film producer, trumpeter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.