death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
woodland hills , los angeles , usa 12 january 2002 watertown , connecticut , u.s. american 15 december 1931 ernest pintoff
 ernest pintoff animator and director
ernest pintoff

ernest pintoff -lrb- december 15 , 1931 in watertown , connecticut -- january 12 , 2002 in woodland hills , los angeles -rrb- was an american film and television director , screenwriter and film producer .
he won the oscar for best animated short for `` the critic '' -lrb- 1963 -rrb- , a satire on modern art written and narrated by mel brooks .
