Chuck Jones
352 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 21, 1912
- Died
- Feb 22, 2002 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Spokane, Washington, USA
- Also known as
- Charles M. Jones · Charles 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
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★ 7.5 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966 · Film
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★ 8.1 Duck Amuck
1953 · Film
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★ 7.4 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
1979 · Film
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★ 7.6 What's Opera, Doc?
1957 · Film
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★ 7.2 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982 · Film
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★ 7.7 One Froggy Evening
1955 · Film
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★ 7.6 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1953 · Film
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★ 7.6 Rabbit of Seville
1950 · Film
Chuck Jones: movies and TV shows
Acting (10)
- 1988
- 1987 Innerspace
as Supermarket Customer
- 1986
- 1984 Gremlins
as Mr. Jones
- 1971
- 1970 The Phantom Tollbooth
as Cable Car Passenger (uncredited)
- 1970 Horton Hears a Who!
as Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
- 1969 The Pogo Special Birthday Special
as Porky Pine / Bun Rab / Basil the Butterfly (voice)
- 1967
- 1940 You Ought to Be in Pictures
as Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Behind the camera (355)
- 2023 Private SNAFU Golden Classics
Director of Operations
- 2020
- 2014 A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
Director, Writer
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 The Essential Bugs Bunny
Director
- 2010 Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Director
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Animation Director
- 2007
- 2007
- 2004 Daffy Duck for President
In Memory Of
- 2003
- 2003
- 2001
- 1999 Looney Tunes All Stars
Director
- 1998 Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Director, Story
- 1998 Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
Director
- 1997 From Hare to Eternity
Director, Producer
- 1997 Pullet Surprise
Producer
- 1997 Father Of The Bird
Producer
- 1996 Superior Duck
Director, Story, Producer
- 1995 Four Rooms
Creative Consultant
- 1995 Peter and the Wolf
Executive Consultant, Character Designer
- 1995 Another Froggy Evening
Director, Writer
- 1994 Chariots of Fur
Director, Producer, Story
- 1992 Stay Tuned
Animation Supervisor, Character Designer
- 1991 The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Director
- 1991 The Dating Game
Thanks
- 1991 Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
Director
- 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Animation Director
- 1988 Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Director
- 1988 Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Title Designer
- 1985
- 1983 Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Director
- 1982
- 1982 Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
Director
- 1981 A Chipmunk Christmas
Character Designer, Creative Consultant
- 1980 Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Director, Producer, Story
- 1980 Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Writer, Producer, Director
- 1980 The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
Director
- 1980 Spaced Out Bunny
Director, Writer
- 1980 Soup or Sonic
Director
- 1980
- 1980 Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1979 Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Director, Producer, Writer
- 1979 Freeze Frame
Director
- 1979 Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
Director
- 1979 Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1979 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1978 Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1978 How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Director
- 1978
- 1977 Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
Director
- 1977 Bugs Bunny in Space
Director
- 1977 Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
Director
- 1976 Carnival of the Animals
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1976 Mowgli's Brothers
Writer, Director
- 1975 The White Seal
Director, Writer
- 1975 Yankee Doodle Cricket
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1975 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Director, Writer
- 1973 A Very Merry Cricket
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1973 Man: The Polluter
Director
- 1973 A Cricket in Times Square
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1971 A Christmas Carol
Executive Producer
- 1971 The Wizard of Id
Executive Producer
- 1971 The Tool Box
Executive Producer
- 1971
- 1971 The Cat in the Hat
Producer, Storyboard Artist
- 1970 The Phantom Tollbooth
Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 1970 Horton Hears a Who!
Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist
- 1969 The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Producer, Director
- 1967 The Bear That Wasn't
Director, Producer
- 1967 Purr-Chance to Dream
Producer
- 1967 Cannery Rodent
Director
- 1967 Advance and Be Mechanized
Producer
- 1967 The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
Producer
- 1967 Guided Mouse-Ille
Producer
- 1967 Cat and Dupli-cat
Director, Story, Producer
- 1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Director, Producer, Storyboard Artist
- 1966 Catty-Cornered
Producer
- 1966 Love Me, Love My Mouse
Director, Producer
- 1966 Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Director, Producer, Story
- 1966 Duel Personality
Director, Story, Producer
- 1965 The Cat's Me-Ouch
Director
- 1965 The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Director, Producer
- 1965 Zip Zip Hooray!
Director
- 1965 The Year of the Mouse
Director
- 1965 Of Feline Bondage
Director, Story, Producer
- 1965 I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Director, Story, Producer
- 1965 Haunted Mouse
Director, Story, Producer
- 1965 Bad Day at Cat Rock
Director
- 1965 Roadrunner a Go-Go
Director
- 1965 Tom-ic Energy
Story, Producer, Director
- 1965 Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Director, Story, Producer
- 1964 The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Story, Producer, Director
- 1964 War and Pieces
Director
- 1964 Snowbody Loves Me
Director, Producer
- 1964 Much Ado About Mousing
Director, Producer
- 1964 Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Director, Story, Producer
- 1964 The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Director, Story, Producer
- 1963 To Beep or Not to Beep
Director, Story
- 1963 Transylvania 6-5000
Director
- 1963 Mad as a Mars Hare
Director
- 1963 Pent-House Mouse
Story, Producer, Director
- 1963 Hare-Breadth Hurry
Director
- 1963 Now Hear This
Story, Director
- 1963 I Was a Teenage Thumb
Director
- 1962 Martian Through Georgia
Director
- 1962 Gay Purr-ee
Writer
- 1962 Louvre Come Back to Me!
Director
- 1962 Zoom at the Top
Director
- 1962 Adventures of the Road-Runner
Director, Story
- 1962 A Sheep in the Deep
Director
- 1961 Nelly's Folly
Director, Story
- 1961 Beep Prepared
Director, Screenplay
- 1961 Bachelor in Paradise
Title Designer
- 1961 Compressed Hare
Director
- 1961 A Scent of the Matterhorn
Director, Story
- 1961 Lickety-Splat
Director
- 1961 The Abominable Snow Rabbit
Director
- 1961 The Mouse on 57th Street
Director
- 1961 Zip 'n Snort
Director, Story
- 1961 Bad-Time Story
Director
- 1960 High Note
Director
- 1960 Hopalong Casualty
Director, Story
- 1960 Ready, Woolen and Able
Director
- 1960 Rabbit's Feat
Director
- 1960 Who Scent You?
Director
- 1960 Fastest with the Mostest
Director
- 1959 Wild About Hurry
Director
- 1959 Hot-Rod and Reel!
Director
- 1959 Hare-abian Nights
Director
- 1959 Baton Bunny
Director
- 1958 Cat Feud
Director
- 1958 Hip Hip-Hurry!
Director
- 1958 Hook, Line and Stinker
Director
- 1958 To Itch His Own
Director
- 1958 Whoa, Be-Gone!
Director
- 1958 Hare-Way to the Stars
Director
- 1958 Robin Hood Daffy
Director
- 1957 Drafty, Isn't It?
Director, Writer
- 1957 Touché and Go
Director
- 1957 Zoom and Bored
Director
- 1957 What's Opera, Doc?
Director
- 1957 Steal Wool
Director
- 1957 Boyhood Daze
Director
- 1957 Ali Baba Bunny
Director
- 1957 Go Fly a Kit
Director
- 1957 Scrambled Aches
Director
- 1956 To Hare Is Human
Director
- 1956 90 Day Wondering
Director, Writer
- 1956 There They Go-Go-Go!
Director
- 1956 Deduce, You Say
Director
- 1956 Rocket-bye Baby
Director
- 1956 Barbary-Coast Bunny
Director
- 1956 Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
Director
- 1956 Heaven Scent
Director, Story
- 1956 Rocket Squad
Director
- 1956 Broom-Stick Bunny
Director
- 1956 Bugs' Bonnets
Director
- 1955 One Froggy Evening
Director
- 1955 Guided Muscle
Director
- 1955 Two Scent's Worth
Director, Story
- 1955 Knight-Mare Hare
Director
- 1955 Jumpin' Jupiter
Director
- 1955 Double or Mutton
Director
- 1955 Rabbit Rampage
Director
- 1955 Past Perfumance
Director
- 1955 Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
Director
- 1955 Beanstalk Bunny
Director
- 1955 A Hitch in Time
Director, Writer
- 1954 Baby Buggy Bunny
Director
- 1954 Sheep Ahoy
Director
- 1954 My Little Duckaroo
Director
- 1954 From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Director
- 1954 Stop! Look! and Hasten!
Director
- 1954 Bewitched Bunny
Director
- 1954 Claws for Alarm
Director
- 1954 The Cats Bah
Director
- 1954 No Barking
Director
- 1954 Feline Frame-Up
Director
- 1953 Punch Trunk
Director
- 1953 Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
Director
- 1953 Lumber Jack-Rabbit
Director
- 1953 Zipping Along
Director
- 1953 Bully for Bugs
Director
- 1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Director
- 1953 Wild Over You
Director
- 1953 Much Ado About Nutting
Director
- 1953 Duck Amuck
Director
- 1953 Kiss Me Cat
Director
- 1953 Forward March Hare
Director
- 1953 Don't Give Up the Sheep
Director
- 1952 Terrier-Stricken
Director
- 1952 Rabbit Seasoning
Director
- 1952 Mouse-Warming
Director
- 1952 Going! Going! Gosh!
Director
+ 155 more credits
Talk shows and appearances (25)
- Upcoming Camera Three
1 episode
- 2022
- 2020
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011
- 2009
- 2008
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 Mark Twain
2 episodes
- 2000
- 1999
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 Great Drives
1 episode
- 1994
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1988
- 1986
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode