Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1912-09-21
Day of Death
2002-02-22
Place of Birth
Spokane, Washington, USA
Chuck Jones
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.
Filmography (31)
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
2014
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
2012
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
2009
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
2005
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
2004
Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery
2004
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
2002The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
2002
