Nudnik was a Czechoslovak/Czech animated film series directed by Gene Deitch, produced by William Lawrence Snyder, and distributed by Paramount Studios. The shorts were released during 1965 and 1967 with 12 shorts. and a new series was made in 1991.
On Gene Deitch's entry on the IMDb website (see External Links below) there are listings of eight short animated films featuring the Nudnik character.
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| Title | Release Date | Alternate Title |
|---|---|---|
| Here's Nudnik | August 1965 | Nudnik #2 |
| Drive On, Nudnik | December 1965 | Example |
| Home Sweek Nudnik | March 1966 | Example |
| Who Needs Nudnik?? | 1966 | Example |
| Nudnik on the Beach | 1966 | Example |
| Welcome, Nudnik | 1966 | Example |
| Good Neighbor Nudnik | 1966 | Example |
| Nudnik on the Roof | 1966 | Example |
| From Nudnik with Love | 1966 | Example |
| I Remember Nudnik | 1966 | Example |
| Nudnik on a Shoestring | 1966 | Example |
| Nudnik's Nudnickel | 1967 | Example |
Nudnik contains only one major character, named Yaramaz Nudnik. He was very unlucky, and usually got in trouble.
Though there were other characters, they were unnamed. None of these characters appeared more than once.
A new animated series, The Nudnik Show was created in 1991. According to the IMDb listing, Jules Feiffer was a writer for the series, and the production companies were Paramount Pictures and Rembrandt Films.[1]
Jazz saxophonist Chris Potter recorded the song "Nudnik", on his 2006 album Underground.