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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.
As director
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Looney Tunes All Stars
Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
From Hare to Eternity
Superior Duck
Another Froggy Evening
Chariots of Fur
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Spaced Out Bunny
Soup or Sonic
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
As actor
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Mark Twain
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Ducktators
Cartoons Go To War
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Portrait of Tex Avery
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Innerspace
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Gremlins
Horton Hears a Who!
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
You Ought to Be in Pictures