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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 classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner characters.
After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962 from being fired for secretly working at UPA as a result of the breach-of-contract, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions, and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts, which marks five years the series returned to Hollywood after Gene Deitch discontinued his input in Czechoslovakia due to his failure to produce anymore based on the franchise, 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.
Jones was nominated for an Academy Award eight times and won three times, receiving awards for the cartoons "For Scent-imental Reasons", "So Much for So Little", and "The Dot and the Line." He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 for his work in the animation industry. In Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons, ten of the entries were directed by Jones, with four out of the five top cartoons being Jones shorts.
Cartoons directed or co-directed by Chuck Jones[]
| Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies | |
|---|---|
| Year | Title |
| 1938 | The Night Watchman |
| 1939 | Dog Gone Modern |
| Robin Hood Makes Good | |
| Prest-O Change-O | |
| Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur | |
| Naughty But Mice | |
| Old Glory | |
| Snowman's Land | |
| Little Brother Rat | |
| Little Lion Hunter | |
| The Good Egg | |
| Sniffles and the Bookworm | |
| The Curious Puppy | |
| 1940 | Mighty Hunters |
| Elmer's Candid Camera | |
| Sniffles Takes a Trip | |
| Tom Thumb in Trouble | |
| The Egg Collector | |
| Ghost Wanted | |
| Stage Fright | |
| Good Night, Elmer | |
| Bedtime for Sniffles | |
| 1941 | Elmer's Pet Rabbit |
| Sniffles Bells the Cat | |
| Joe Glow, the Firefly | |
| Toy Trouble | |
| Porky's Ant | |
| Porky's Prize Pony | |
| Inki and the Lion | |
| Snowtime for Comedy | |
| The Brave Little Bat | |
| Saddle Silly | |
| Porky's Midnight Matinee | |
| 1942 | The Bird Came C.O.D. |
| Porky's Cafe | |
| Conrad the Sailor | |
| Dog Tired | |
| The Draft Horse | |
| Hold the Lion, Please | |
| The Squawkin' Hawk | |
| Fox Pop | |
| The Dover Boys | |
| My Favorite Duck | |
| Case of the Missing Hare | |
| 1943 | To Duck or Not to Duck |
| Flop Goes the Weasel | |
| Super-Rabbit | |
| The Unbearable Bear | |
| The Aristo Cat | |
| Wackiki Wabbit | |
| Fin'n Catty | |
| Inki and the Minah Bird | |
| 1944 | Tom Turk and Daffy |
| Bugs Bunny and the 3 Bears | |
| The Weakly Reporter | |
| Angel Puss | |
| From Hand to Mouse | |
| Lost and Foundling | |
| 1945 | Odor-able Kitty |
| Trap Happy Porky | |
| Hare Conditioned | |
| Fresh Airedale | |
| Hare Tonic | |
| 1946 | Quentin Quail |
| Hush My Mouse | |
| Hair-Raising Hare | |
| The Eager Beaver | |
| Fair and Worm-er | |
| Roughly Squeaking | |
| 1947 | Scent-imental Over You |
| Inki at the Circus | |
| A Pest in the House | |
| House Hunting Mice | |
| Little Orphan Airedale | |
| 1948 | A Feather in His Hare |
| What's Brewin', Bruin? | |
| Rabbit Punch | |
| Haredevil Hare | |
| You Were Never Duckier | |
| Daffy Dilly | |
| My Bunny Lies over the Sea | |
| Scaredy Cat | |
| 1949 | Awful Orphan |
| Mississippi Hare | |
| Mouse Wreckers | |
| The Bee-Deviled Bruin | |
| Long-Haired Hare | |
| Often an Orphan | |
| Fast and Furry-ous | |
| Frigid Hare | |
| For Scent-imental Reasons | |
| Bear Feat | |
| Rabbit Hood | |
| 1950 | The Scarlet Pumpernickel |
| Homeless Hare | |
| The Hypo-Chondri-Cat | |
| 8 Ball Bunny | |
| Dog Gone South | |
| The Ducksters | |
| Caveman Inki | |
| Rabbit of Seville | |
| Two's A Crowd | |
| 1951 | Bunny Hugged |
| Scentimental Romeo | |
| A Hound for Trouble | |
| Rabbit Fire | |
| Chow Hound | |
| The Wearing of the Grin | |
| Cheese Chasers | |
| A Bear for Punishment | |
| Drip-Along Daffy | |
| 1952 | Operation: Rabbit |
| Feed the Kitty | |
| Little Beau Pepe | |
| Water, Water Every Hare | |
| Beep, Beep | |
| The Hasty Hare | |
| Going! Going! Gosh! | |
| Mouse Warming | |
| Rabbit Seasoning | |
| Terrier Stricken | |
| 1953 | Don't Give Up the Sheep |
| Forward March Hare | |
| Kiss Me Cat | |
| Duck Amuck | |
| Much Ado About Nutting | |
| Wild Over You | |
| Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century | |
| Bully for Bugs | |
| Zipping Along | |
| Lumber Jack-Rabbit | |
| Duck! Rabbit, Duck! | |
| Punch Trunk | |
| 1954 | Feline Frame-Up |
| No Barking | |
| The Cat's Bah | |
| Claws for Alarm | |
| Bewitched Bunny | |
| Stop! Look! And Hasten! | |
| From A to Z-Z-Z-Z | |
| My Little Duckaroo | |
| Sheep Ahoy | |
| Baby Buggy Bunny | |
| 1955 | Beanstalk Bunny |
| Ready, Set, Zoom! | |
| Past Perfumance | |
| Rabbit Rampage | |
| Double or Mutton | |
| Jumpin' Jupiter | |
| Knight-mare Hare | |
| Two Scent's Worth | |
| Guided Muscle | |
| One Froggy Evening | |
| 1956 | Bugs' Bonnets |
| Broom-Stick Bunny | |
| Rocket Squad | |
| Heaven Scent | |
| Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z | |
| Barbary Coast Bunny | |
| Rocket-bye Baby | |
| Deduce, You Say! | |
| There They Go-Go-Go! | |
| To Hare Is Human | |
| 1957 | Scrambled Aches |
| Ali Baba Bunny | |
| Go Fly a Kit | |
| Boyhood Daze | |
| Steal Wool | |
| What's Opera, Doc? | |
| Zoom and Bored | |
| Touché and Go | |
| 1958 | Robin Hood Daffy |
| Hare-Way to the Stars | |
| Whoa, Be-Gone! | |
| To Itch His Own | |
| Hook, Line and Stinker | |
| Hip Hip-Hurry! | |
| Cat Feud | |
| 1959 | Baton Bunny (with Abe Levitow) |
| Hot-Rod and Reel! | |
| Wild About Hurry | |
| 1960 | Fastest with the Mostest |
| Who Scent You? | |
| Rabbit's Feat | |
| Ready, Woolen and Able | |
| Hopalong Casualty | |
| High Note | |
| 1961 | Zip 'N Snort |
| The Mouse on 57th Street | |
| The Abominable Snow Rabbit (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Lickety-Splat (with Abe Levitow) | |
| A Scent of the Matterhorn | |
| Compressed Hare (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Beep Prepared (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Nelly's Folly (with Maurice Noble & Abe Levitow) | |
| 1962 | A Sheep in the Deep (with Maurice Noble) |
| Adventures of the Road Runner | |
| Zoom at the Top (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Louvre Come Back to Me! (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Martian Through Georgia (with Maurice Noble & Abe Levitow) | |
| 1963 | I Was a Teenage Thumb (with Maurice Noble) |
| Now Hear This (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Hare-Breadth Hurry (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Mad as a Mars Hare (with Maurice Noble) | |
| Transylvania 6-5000 (with Maurice Noble) | |
| To Beep or Not to Beep (with Maurice Noble) | |
| 1964 | War and Pieces (with Maurice Noble) |
| 1965 | Zip Zip Hooray! |
| Road Runner a Go-Go | |
| 1979 | Freeze Frame |
| 1980 | Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny |
| Spaced-Out-Bunny | |
| Soup or Sonic | |
| Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century | |
| 1994 | Charriots of Fur |
| 1995 | Another Froggy Evening |
| 1996 | From Hare to Eternity |
| Superior Duck | |
| Tom & Jerry | |
| Year | Title |
| 1963 | Pent-House Mouse |
| 1964 | The Cat Above and the Mouse Below |
| Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? | |
| Much Ado About Mousing | |
| Snowbody Loves Me | |
| The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse | |
| 1965 | Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life |
| Tom-ic Energy | |
| Bad Day at Cat Rock | |
| The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off | |
| Haunted Mouse | |
| I'm Just Wild About Jerry | |
| Of Feline Bondage | |
| The Year of the Mouse | |
| The Cat's Me-Ouch! | |
| 1966 | Duel Personality |
| Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary | |
| Jerry-Go-Round | |
| Love Me, Love My Mouse | |
| Puss 'n' Boats | |
| Filet Meow | |
| Matinee Mouse | |
| The A-Tom-Inable Snowman | |
| Catty-Cornered | |
| 1967 | Cat and Dupli-cat |
| O-Solar Meow | |
| Guided Mouse-ille | |
| Rock 'n' Rodent | |
| Cannery Rodent | |
| The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. | |
| Surf-Bored Cat | |
| Shutter Bugged Cat | |
| Advance and Be Mechanized | |
| Purr-Chance to Dream | |
| Other Works | |
| Year | Title |
| 1962 | Gay Purr-ee |
| 1965 | The Dot and the Line |
| 1966 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
| 1967 | The Bear That Wasn't |
| 1970 | Horton Hears a Who! |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | |