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Chuck Jones

Born Charles Martin Jones
September 21, 1912(1912-09-21)
Spokane, Washington
Died February 22, 2002 (aged 89)
Corona Del Mar, California
Spouse(s) Dorothy Webster (1935-1978)
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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. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An animator is an Artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called Animation when rapidly displayed A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969 Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros Warner Bros Cartoons Inc was the Animation division of Warner Bros He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew and the other Warners characters, including What's Opera, Doc? (1957), Duck Amuck (1952) (both later inducted into the National Film Registry) and Jones' famous "Hunting Trilogy" of Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit! Duck! (1951–1953), establishing himself as an important innovator and storyteller. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Daffy Duck is an Animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of Pepé Le Pew is an Academy Award -winning Fictional character in the Warner Bros What's Opera Doc? is a 1957 Animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones for Duck Amuck is a surreal Animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Rabbit Fire is a 1950 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese Rabbit Seasoning is a 1952 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny. Duck! Rabbit Duck! is a 1953 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

After his career at Warners ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom & Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966). MGM Animation/Visual Arts was an Animation Studio established in 1962 by Animation director/producer Chuck Jones and producer Les Goldman Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical Short subjects (cartoons created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Theodor Seuss Geisel (ˈsɔɪs ˈɡaɪzəl March 2 1904 – September 24 1991 was an American Writer and Cartoonist, better known by his pen name This article is about the animated special You may be looking for either the book or the feature film. He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Productions, which created several one-shot specials, and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works.

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Biography

Early life

Jones was born in Spokane, Washington, and later moved with his parents and three siblings to the Los Angeles, California area. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In his autobiography, Chuck Amuck, Jones credits his artistic bent to circumstances surrounding his father, who was an unsuccessful businessman in California in the 1920s. His father, Jones recounts, would start every new business venture by purchasing new stationery and new pencils with the company name on them. When the business failed, his father would quietly turn the huge stacks of useless stationery and pencils over to his children, requiring them to use up all the material as fast as possible (e. g. , they must not draw on both sides). Armed with an endless supply of high-quality paper and pencils, the children drew constantly. Later, in one art school class, the professor gravely informed the students that they each had 100,000 bad drawings in them that they must first get past before they could possibly draw anything worthwhile. Chuck Jones recounted years later that this pronouncement came as a great relief to him, as he was well past the 200,000 mark, having used up all that stationery. Jones and several of his siblings went on to artistic careers. After graduating from Chouinard Art Institute, Jones held a number of low-ranking jobs in the animation industry, including washing cels at the Ub Iwerks studio and assistant animator at the Walter Lantz studio. The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional Art school founded in 1921 in Los Angeles California, by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879-1969 Ub Iwerks, ASC ( Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) ( 24 March 1901 &ndash 7 July 1971) was a two-time Academy Award winning Walter Benjamin Lantz ( April 27 1899 &ndash March 22 1994) was an American Cartoonist and Animator, best While at Iwerks, he met a cel painter named Dorothy Webster, who would later become his wife.

Warner Bros.

Chuck Jones joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, the independent studio that produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies for Warner Bros., in 1933 as an assistant animator. Warner Bros Cartoons Inc was the Animation division of Warner Bros Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969 Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and In 1935, he was promoted to animator, and assigned to work with new Schlesinger director Tex Avery. Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery ( February 26, 1908 &ndash August 26, 1980) was an American There was no room for the new Avery unit in Schlesinger's small studio, so Avery, Jones, and fellow animators Bob Clampett, Virgil Ross, and Sid Sutherland were moved into a small adjacent building they dubbed "Termite Terrace". Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett ( May 8 1913 &mdash May 4 1984) was an American Animator, producer Virgil Walter Ross ( August 8, 1907 &ndash May 15, 1996) was an American artist cartoonist and animator best known for his work on the When Clampett was promoted to director in 1937, Jones was assigned to his unit; the Clampett unit were briefly assigned to work with Jones' old employer, Ub Iwerks, when Iwerks subcontracted four cartoons to Schlesinger in 1937. Jones became a director (or "supervisor", the original title for an animation director in the studio) himself in 1938 when Frank Tashlin left the studio. Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972, also known as Tish Tash or Jones' first cartoon was The Night Watchman, which featured a cute kitten who would later evolve into Sniffles the mouse. The Night Watchman is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on November 19, 1938. Sniffles is an animated cartoon and comic-book character in the Warner Bros

Many of Jones' cartoons of the 1930s and early 1940s were lavishly animated, but audiences and fellow Schlesinger staff members found them lacking in genuine humor. Often slow-moving and overbearing with "cuteness", Jones' early cartoons were an attempt to follow in the footsteps of Walt Disney's shorts (especially with such cartoons as Tom Thumb in Trouble and the Sniffles cartoons). Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Sniffles is an animated cartoon and comic-book character in the Warner Bros Jones finally broke away from both his traditional cuteness, and traditional animation conventions as well, with the cartoon The Dover Boys in 1942. "The Dover Boys at Pimento University" or "The Rivals of Roquefort Hall" (better known as simply The Dover Boys) is a 1942 Jones credits this cartoon as the film where he "learned how to be funny. " The Dover Boys is also one of the first uses of Stylized animation in American film, breaking away from the more realistic animation styles influenced by the Disney Studio. Limited animation is a process of making Animated cartoons that do not follow a "realistic" approach This was also the period where Jones created many of his lesser-known characters, including Charlie Dog, Hubie and Bertie, and The Three Bears. Charlie Dog is an animated Cartoon Fictional character in the Warner Bros Hubie and Bertie are animated cartoon Mouse characters in the Warner Bros The Three Bears are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros Despite their relative obscurity today, the shorts starring these characters represent some of Jones' earliest work that was strictly intended to be funny.

During the World War II years, Jones worked closely with Theodor Geisel (also known as Dr. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Theodor Seuss Geisel (ˈsɔɪs ˈɡaɪzəl March 2 1904 – September 24 1991 was an American Writer and Cartoonist, better known by his pen name Seuss) to create the Private Snafu series of Army educational cartoons. Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during Private Snafu comically educated soldiers on topics like spies and laziness in a more risque way than general audiences would have been used to at the time. Jones would later collaborate with Seuss on a number of adaptations of Seuss' books to animated form, most importantly How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1966. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the best-known children's books by Dr

A still from What's Opera, Doc?.
A still from What's Opera, Doc?. What's Opera Doc? is a 1957 Animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones for

Jones hit his stride in the late 1940s, and continued to make his best-regarded works through the 1950s. Jones-created characters from this period includes Claude Cat, Marc Antony and Pussyfoot, Charlie Dog, Michigan J. Frog, and his three most popular creations, Pepe LePew, the Road Runner, and Wile E. Coyote. Claude Cat is an animated Cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Marc Antony (referred to as Marc Anthony on his food dish in Feed the Kitty) and Pussyfoot (sometimes called "Kitty" but in some of the WB animation Charlie Dog is an animated Cartoon Fictional character in the Warner Bros Michigan J Frog is an Animated cartoon character who debuted in the Looney Tunes cartoon One Froggy Evening ( December 31 Pepé Le Pew is an Academy Award -winning Fictional character in the Warner Bros Jones based the Coyote on Mark Twain's Roughing It, in which Twain describes the coyote as "a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking skeleton" that is "a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry". The Road Runner cartoons, in addition to the cartoons that are considered his masterpieces (all written and conceived by Michael Maltese), Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, and What's Opera, Doc? are today hailed by critics as some of the best cartoons ever made. Michael Maltese ( February 6, 1908 — February 22, 1981) was a long-time Storyboard artist and Screenwriter for classic Duck Amuck is a surreal Animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros One Froggy Evening is an approximately seven-minute long Technicolor Animated short film written by Michael Maltese and directed by What's Opera Doc? is a 1957 Animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones for

The staff of the Jones' Unit A were as important to the success of these cartoons as Jones himself. Key members included writer Michael Maltese, layout artist/background designer/co-director Maurice Noble, animator and co-director Abe Levitow, and animators Ken Harris and Ben Washam. Michael Maltese ( February 6, 1908 — February 22, 1981) was a long-time Storyboard artist and Screenwriter for classic Maurice Noble ( May 1, 1911 &ndash May 18, 2001) was an American Animation background artist and layout designer whose Abraham "Abe" Levitow (July 2 1922 - May 8 1975 was an American Animator who worked at Warner Bros Ken Harris (1898-1982 was an American Animator who worked for several Film studios Ben Washam (1915-1984 was an American Animator who worked at Warner Bros

In 1950 Chuck and Mike Maltese began working on Rabbit Fire. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rabbit Fire is a 1950 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese This short changed Daffy Duck's personality forever. Daffy Duck is an Animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of They decided to make him a totally different character; instead of the crazy duck he had been, they turned Daffy into a vain, greedy, jealous character wanting to steal the spotlight from Bugs Bunny. Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Of his versions of Bugs and Daffy, Chuck Jones has said, "Bugs is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are. "

Jones remained at Warner Bros. throughout the 1950s, except for a brief period in 1953 when Warner closed the animation studio. During this interim, Jones found employment at Walt Disney Pictures, where he teamed with Ward Kimball for a four month period of uncredited work on Sleeping Beauty (1959). Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established Ward Walrath Kimball ( March 4, 1914 &ndash July 8, 2002) was an Academy Award -winning Animator for the Walt Upon the reopening of the Warner animation department, Jones was rehired & reunited with most of his unit.

In the early-1960s, Jones and his wife Dorothy wrote the screenplay for the animated feature Gay Purr-ee. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Gay Purr-ee is an Animated film musical produced by United Productions of America and released by Warner Bros The finished film would feature the voices of Judy Garland, Robert Goulet and Red Buttons as cats in Paris, France. Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Robert Gerard Goulet ( November 26 1933 – October 30 2007) was a Canadian Grammy - and Tony Award - winning Red Buttons ( February 5, 1919 &ndash July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and Actor. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The feature was produced by UPA, and directed by his former Warner collaborator, Abe Levitow. United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American Animation studio of the 1940s through present day beginning with industrial films Abraham "Abe" Levitow (July 2 1922 - May 8 1975 was an American Animator who worked at Warner Bros Jones moonlit to work on the film, since he had an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. UPA completed the film and made it available for distribution in 1962; it was picked up by Warner Bros. United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American Animation studio of the 1940s through present day beginning with industrial films When Warner discovered that Jones had violated his exclusive contract with them, they fired him. [1] Not long after, Jack Warner closed the studio's animation shop (Chuck frequently claimed, including in the aforementioned autobiography, that this happened because Jack finally learned they weren't making Mickey Mouse cartoons). This article is about Jack Warner the head of Warner Brothers

Jones on his own

With business partner Les Goldman, Jones started an independent animation studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions, bringing on most of his unit from Warner Bros. MGM Animation/Visual Arts was an Animation Studio established in 1962 by Animation director/producer Chuck Jones and producer Les Goldman , including Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese. Maurice Noble ( May 1, 1911 &ndash May 18, 2001) was an American Animation background artist and layout designer whose Michael Maltese ( February 6, 1908 — February 22, 1981) was a long-time Storyboard artist and Screenwriter for classic In 1963, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contracted with Sib Tower 12 to have Jones and his staff produce new Tom and Jerry cartoons, which most audiences found superior to the original Hanna & Barbera series. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical Short subjects (cartoons created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In 1964, Sib Tower 12 was absorbed by MGM and was renamed MGM Animation/Visual Arts. MGM Animation/Visual Arts was an Animation Studio established in 1962 by Animation director/producer Chuck Jones and producer Les Goldman Jones' animated short film The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics won the 1965 Oscar for Best Animated Short. The Dot and the Line A Romance in Lower Mathematics (ISBN 1-58717-066-3 is a book written and illustrated by Norton Juster, first published by Random House Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Chuck also directed the classic animated short "The Bear That Wasn't". The Bear that Wasn't is a 1946 Children's book by Film director and Looney Tunes alumnus Frank Tashlin.

As the Tom and Jerry series wound down (it would be discontinued in 1967), Jones moved on to television. In 1966, he produced and directed the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, featuring the voice and facial features of Boris Karloff. This article is about the animated special You may be looking for either the book or the feature film. Boris Karloff ( 23 November, &ndash 2 February,) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s Jones continued to work on TV specials such as Horton Hears A Who! (1970), but his main focus during this time was the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth, which did lukewarm business when MGM released it in 1970. Horton Hears a Who! is a 1954 book by Dr Seuss. It is the second Seuss book to feature Horton the Elephant, the first being Horton Hatches The Phantom Tollbooth is a Live-action/animated film based on Norton Juster's 1961 Children's book The Phantom Tollbooth Jones co-directed 1969's The Pogo Special Birthday Special, based on the Walt Kelly comic strip, and voiced the characters of Porky Pine and Bun Rab. Walter Crawford Kelly Jr ( August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973) known as Walt Kelly, was a Cartoonist notable for his

MGM closed the animation division in 1970, and Jones once again started his own studio, Chuck Jones Productions. He produced a children's TV series for the American Broadcasting Company called The Curiosity Shop in 1971. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. His most notable work during this period was three animated TV adaptations of short stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Brothers, The White Seal and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet The Jungle Book (1894 is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. Mowgli (ˈmaʊɡli is a fictional character who originally appeared in Rudyard Kipling 's Short story "In the Rukh" (collected in Many Inventions Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story in The Jungle Book ( 1894) by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young Mongoose Jones resumed working with Warner Bros. in 1976 with the animated TV adaptation of The Carnival of the Animals with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals is a combination Animation / Live action Television special, starring Bugs Bunny and Jones also produced the 1979 movie The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie which was a compilation of Jones' best theatrical shorts; Jones produced new Road Runner shorts for The Electric Company series and Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979), and even newer shorts were made for Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980). The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (originally titled The Great American Chase) is a 1979 Looney Tunes Film with a The Electric Company is an educational American Children's television series which was produced by the Children's Television Workshop

From 1977-1978 Jones wrote & drew the syndicated comic strip "Crawford" (also known as "Crawford & Morgan") for the Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate.

Later years

Through the 1980s and 1990s, Jones was painting cartoon and parody art, sold through animation galleries by his daughter's company, Linda Jones Enterprises. He was also creating new cartoons for the Internet based on his new character, "Thomas Timberwolf". The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks He made a cameo appearance in the 1984 film Gremlins and directed the Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck animated sequences that bookend Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Gremlins is a American dark comedy horror Movie directed by Joe Dante and released in 1984 by Warner Bros Gremlins 2 The New Batch is a 1990 American Horror / Comedy film and a Sequel to Gremlins (1984 The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Jones also directed animated sequences various features such as a lengthy sequence in the 1992 film, Stay Tuned and a shorter one seen at the start of the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire. The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Mrs Doubtfire is a 1993 Comedy film based on the Novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. Jones was not a fan of much contemporary animation, terming most of it, especially television cartoons such as those of Hanna-Barbera, "illustrated radio. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American "

In 1988 Jones contributed to the creation of London's Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) by spending several days working high on scaffolding creating a chase sequence directly onto the high walls of the museum. For the museum of the same name in New York please see Museum of the Moving Image (New York City.

Jones' intellectualism, writing ability, and capacity for self-analysis made him an historical authority as well as a major contributor to the development of animation throughout the 20th century. He received an honorary degree from Oglethorpe University in 1993. Oglethorpe University is a private liberal arts college in Atlanta Georgia, United States.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Chuck Jones has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7011 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that

Jones, whose work had been nominated 8 times over his career for an Oscar (winning thrice, For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little (for Documentary--Short, not Short Subject--Animated) and The Dot and the Line), received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for "the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half a century. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. For Scent-imental Reasons is a 1949 Warner Bros Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones, written by Michael So Much for So Little is a 1949 short Documentary film directed by Chuck Jones. The Dot and the Line A Romance in Lower Mathematics (ISBN 1-58717-066-3 is a book written and illustrated by Norton Juster, first published by Random House The Academy Honorary Award, instituted in 1948 for the 21st Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award) is given by the discretion of the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion "

Jones' final Looney Tunes cartoon is actually From Hare to Eternity in 1996/1997, which stared Bugs and Sam, with Greg Burson voicing as Bugs. From Hare to Eternity is a 1996 Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam Cartoon in the Looney Tunes series directed by Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The cartoon was dedicated to Friz Freleng, who had passed on in 1995. Isadore "Friz" Freleng ( August 21, 1906  &ndash May 26, 1995) was an Animator, Cartoonist, director Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Jones did produce a few more Looney Tunes-based and non-related cartoons, a noticeable one being Chariots of Fur, his final Road Runner cartoon in 1994. Chariots of Fur is a seven-minute Looney Tunes short released in 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Jones died of heart failure in 2002. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply

However, Jones had one final involvement, even after his death, and that was with the Looney Tunes cartoon Daffy Duck for President, which was based on a book that Jones had written; the character designs even copied Jones' style. The cartoon was originally scheduled to be released in 2000, but delays forced the cartoon to be held back until 2004 (both years, of course, saw Presidential elections). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Influence and critical perception

Chuck Jones was one of the greatest animation directors of all time, a master of characterization and timing. His best works are noted for depicting a refinement of character to the point that a single eyebrow wiggle could be a major gag as opposed to the wild, frenetic style usually associated with cartoons, and those of Warner Bros. in particular. Like Walt Disney, Jones wanted animation to gain respect from the film and art communities, and often undertook special animation projects reflecting such, including What's Opera Doc, The Dot and the Line, and the 1944 political film Hell-Bent for Election, a campaign film for Franklin D. Roosevelt that he directed for UPA. A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making process within a specific group

In his later years, Jones became the most vocal alumnus of the Termite Terrace studio, frequently giving lectures, seminars, and working to educate newcomers in the animation field. Many of his principles, therefore, found their way back into the mainstream animation consciousness, and can be seen in films such as Cats Don't Dance, The Rip Borsley Show, The Emperor's New Groove and Lilo & Stitch. Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 animated Film, notable as the only animated feature produced by Turner Entertainment animation unit (later The Emperor's New Groove is an Academy Award -nominated Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt For the television series see Lilo & Stitch The Series Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American Animated feature

Jones had a penchant for cuteness in his earliest days as is visible in his cartoons featuring Sniffles the Mouse. Sniffles is an animated cartoon and comic-book character in the Warner Bros Other Warners directors, particularly Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, considered "cute" to be a four letter word. Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery ( February 26, 1908 &ndash August 26, 1980) was an American Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett ( May 8 1913 &mdash May 4 1984) was an American Animator, producer The phrase four-letter word refers to a set of English words written with four letters which are considered profane, including common popular or Slang By request of producer Leon Schlesinger, Jones changed his style, and began making zanier pictures such as Wackiki Wabbit and Hare Conditioned. Wackiki Wabbit is a 1943 Warner Bros Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny. Hare Conditioned is a 1945 Warner Bros cartoon in the Looney Tunes series After Avery, Clampett, and Schlesinger left the studio, Jones gradually reincorporated elements of the slow pace, sentimentality and cuteness of his previous work with characters like Marc Antony and Pussyfoot and the young Ralph Phillips. Marc Antony (referred to as Marc Anthony on his food dish in Feed the Kitty) and Pussyfoot (sometimes called "Kitty" but in some of the WB animation Ralph Phillips is a fictional Looney Tunes character who first appeared in the Chuck Jones -directed short subjects From A to Z-Z-Z-Z His versions of the characters he worked with often showcased a more infantile look than other interpretations, with larger eyes and eyelashes. This is especially apparent in his Tom and Jerry films.

Jones, like the rest of his Termite Terrace associates after the departure of Schlesinger, has been criticized for using repetitive plots, most obvious in the Pepé Le Pew and Road Runner cartoons. Pepé Le Pew is an Academy Award -winning Fictional character in the Warner Bros It must be noted, however, that many of these films were originally issued to theatres years apart, and the repetitious factor was often done at the request of the producers, management, or theatre owners. Also, series like the Road Runner were set up as exercises in exploring the same situation in different ways. Jones had a set list of rules as to what could and could not occur in a Road Runner cartoon, and stated that it was not what happened that was important in the films, but how it happened.

Chuck Jones' reinvention of certain characters is also a controversial subject. He reimagined the wacky, Clampett-esque hero Daffy Duck as a greedy, sneaky antagonist with a slow-burning temper; and he relegated hapless star Porky Pig to being a sidekick or audience-aware observer of the action. Daffy Duck is an Animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros SideKick was an early Personal Information Manager (PIM Software application by Borland launched in 1983 under Philippe Kahn Jones also created a series of films in which he used Friz Freleng's Sylvester in the context of a real cat. Isadore "Friz" Freleng ( August 21, 1906  &ndash May 26, 1995) was an Animator, Cartoonist, director WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic Like all the Warners directors, his Bugs Bunny characterization is unique to his films: Jones' Bugs never attacks unless attacked, unlike Avery's and Clampett's bombastic rabbits. Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Most animation fans & scholars believe Jones' version of the Warner Bros. characters are the definitive ones. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and When one compiles a list of their favorite Warner Bros. cartoons, the majority of almost every list is directed by Jones. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and

Notable animated films directed by Chuck Jones

Quotes

“ I am still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do. "The Dover Boys at Pimento University" or "The Rivals of Roquefort Hall" (better known as simply The Dover Boys) is a 1942 Scaredy Cat is a 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced and released by Warner Bros Long-Haired Hare is a 1948 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1949, directed by Chuck Jones For Scent-imental Reasons is a 1949 Warner Bros Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones, written by Michael The Federal Security Agency (FSA was an independent agency of the United States government established in 1939 pursuant to the "Reorganization Act of 1939" Rabbit of Seville is a 1949 Warner Bros Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1950. Rabbit Fire is a 1950 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese Rabbit Seasoning is a 1952 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny. Duck! Rabbit Duck! is a 1953 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny. Duck Amuck is a surreal Animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros Bully for Bugs is a 1952 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1953. One Froggy Evening is an approximately seven-minute long Technicolor Animated short film written by Michael Maltese and directed by What's Opera Doc? is a 1957 Animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones for Robin Hood Daffy is a 1958 Warner Brothers theatrical Cartoon short part of the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones Now Hear This is a 1963 animated short film in the Looney Tunes series produced by Warner Bros The Bear that Wasn't is a 1946 Children's book by Film director and Looney Tunes alumnus Frank Tashlin. Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as The Grinch) is a 2000 Academy Award winning live-action film from Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining The Electric Company is an educational American Children's television series which was produced by the Children's Television Workshop Horton Hears a Who! is a 1954 book by Dr Seuss. It is the second Seuss book to feature Horton the Elephant, the first being Horton Hatches The Phantom Tollbooth is a Live-action/animated film based on Norton Juster's 1961 Children's book The Phantom Tollbooth Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story in The Jungle Book ( 1894) by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young Mongoose ”
“ Everyone has 200,000 bad drawings in them, the sooner you get them out the better. ”
“ Every time you draw a caricature you lose a friend. ”
“ I could dream about being Bugs Bunny but when I woke up, I was still Daffy Duck. ”

See also

Termite Terrace

Warner Bros. Animation

References

Notes

  1. ^ An Interview with Chuck Jones

Sources

External links


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NAME Jones, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Charles Martin
SHORT DESCRIPTION Animator
DATE OF BIRTH 1912-9-21
PLACE OF BIRTH Spokane, Washington
DATE OF DEATH 2002-2-22
PLACE OF DEATH Corona Del Mar, California
Corona del Mar ( Spanish for "Crown of the Sea" is a neighborhood in Newport Beach California.
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