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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 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, Du…
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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 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.
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Chuck Jones's Filmography
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The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
as Self (archive footage)
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
as Self (archive footage)
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
as Himself (archive footage)
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
as Self
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
as Self (archive footage)
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
as Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Himself (archive footage)
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
as Himself
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
as Himself
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark Twain
as Self (uncredited)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
as Himself
Ducktators
as Self
Cartoons Go To War
as Himself
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as Self
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
as Himself
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
as Self
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
as Himself
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Interviewee
Portrait of Tex Avery
Innerspace
as Supermarket Customer
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
Gremlins
as Mr. Jones
The Phantom Tollbooth
as Cable Car Passenger (uncredited)
Horton Hears a Who!
as Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
as Porky Pine / Bun Rab / Basil the Butterfly (voice)
You Ought to Be in Pictures
as Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)