Chuck Jones
Directing
- Born:
- 1912-09-21
- Died:
- 2002-02-22
- Place of birth:
- Spokane, Washington, USA
Biography
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and a slew of other Warner characters. Three of these shorts (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?) were later inducted into the National Film Registry. Chief among Jones' other works was the famous "Hunting Trilogy" of Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1951–1953). After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Productions, which created several one-shot specials, and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works.
Known For
Filmography
Private SNAFU Golden Classics
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
Daffy Duck for President
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Duck Dodgers
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Timber Wolf
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Looney Tunes All Stars
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
From Hare to Eternity
Pullet Surprise
Ducktators
Father Of The Bird
Superior Duck
Cartoons Go To War
Great Drives
Four Rooms
Peter and the Wolf
Another Froggy Evening
Chariots of Fur
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Stay Tuned
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
The Dating Game
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Portrait of Tex Avery
Innerspace
Matlock