Jules Feiffer

Jules Feiffer

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Jules Ralph Feiffer (January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.

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Jules Feiffer was born on Saturday, 26 January 1929 in The Bronx, NYC, NY, USA. He was best known as a screenwriter. Feiffer's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Friday, 17 January 2025. He had bald hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Aquarius.

You can find people similar to Jules Feiffer by visiting our lists American satirical comics writers and Jewish American editorial cartoonists.

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The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
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26 January 1929
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The Bronx, NYC, NY, USA
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17 January 2025
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Screenwriter, Playwright, Cartoonist, Author
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Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.

Jules Feiffer is known for his role in the TV series Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as (teleplay) (1 episode, 1985).

He is also known for his role in the TV mini series documentary The Fifties (1997) as Self - Cartoonist.

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