Chuck Jones

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

36

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-09-21

Day of death

2002-02-22 (89 years old)

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.

Known For

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Gremlins

    Gremlins

  • That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace

    That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace

  • The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

  • Innerspace

    Innerspace

  • King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution

    King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution

  • Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

    Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

  • The Magical World of Chuck Jones

    The Magical World of Chuck Jones

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

  • Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

    Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

  • Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul

    Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul

  • Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

  • The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

    The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

  • Cartoons Go To War

    Cartoons Go To War

  • Curiosity Shop

    Curiosity Shop

  • Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery

    Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery

  • Tex Avery: King of Cartoons

    Tex Avery: King of Cartoons

  • Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

    Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

  • Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

    Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

  • The Pogo Special Birthday Special

    The Pogo Special Birthday Special

  • Camera Three

    Camera Three

  • Horton Hears a Who!

    Horton Hears a Who!

  • Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

    Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

  • You Ought to Be in Pictures

    You Ought to Be in Pictures

  • Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

    Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

  • The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

    The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

  • A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade

    A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade

  • Chuck Amuck: The Movie

    Chuck Amuck: The Movie

  • Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood

    Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood

  • It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

    It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

  • The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

    The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

  • Ducktators

    Ducktators

  • Portrait of Tex Avery

    Portrait of Tex Avery