Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
33
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 21, 1912 ( 90 years old )
Place of Birth
Spokane, Washington, USA
Also Known As
Charles M. Jones
Charles Jones
Chuck Jones
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
Horton Hears a Who!
1970-03-18Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
2009-03-24You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940-05-18Mark Twain
2002-01-14The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992-10-23Ducktators
1997-01-01Innerspace
1987-07-01