Maurice Noble

Maurice James Noble (1 May 1911 - 18 May 2001) was an American background artist, director, and layout designer. His contributions to the animation industry spanned more than sixty years.
He is best known for his work with Chuck Jones for Looney Tunes, particularly on the Road Runner series, most notably his very distinctly abstract background designs used in these cartoons.
== Looney Credits ==
=== Layout Artist ===
* Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
* A Lecture on Camouflage (1944)
* Gas (1944)
* It's Murder She Says (1945)
* Operation Snafu (1945)
* The Good Egg (Mr. Hook) (1945)
* Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
* Forward March Hare (1952)
* Kiss Me Cat (1952)
* Duck Amuck (1952) - U.S. National Film Registry selection
* Much Ado About Nutting (1953)
* Wild over You (1953)
* Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
* Bully for Bugs (1953)
* Zipping Along (1953)
* Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)
* Punch Trunk (1953)
* From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953)
* Feline Frame-Up (1954)
* No Barking (1954) 
* The Cats Bah (1954)
* Claws for Alarm (1954)
* Bewitched Bunny (1954) 
* Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954) 
* My Little Duckaroo (1954) 
* Sheep Ahoy (1954)
* Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1954)
* Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955)
* Two Scent's Worth (1955)
* Deduce, You Say (1956) 
* To Hare Is Human (1956) 
* 90 Day Wondering (1956) 
* Scrambled Aches (1957) 
* Ali Baba Bunny (1957) 
* Go Fly a Kit (1957) 
* Boyhood Daze (1957) 
* Steal Wool (1957)
* What's Opera, Doc? (1957) - U.S. National Film Registry selection
* Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
* Zoom and Bored (1957)
* Touché and Go (1957)
* Drafty, Isn't It? (1957)
* Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
* Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
* Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958)
* To Itch His Own (1958)
* Hip Hip- Hurry! (1958)
* Cat Feud (1958)
* Baton Bunny (1959)
* Who Scent You? (1960)
* Hopalong Casualty (1960)
* Ready, Woolen and Able (1960)
* High Note (1960) - Oscar nominee
* Zip 'n Snort (1961)
* The Mouse on 57th Street (1961)
* Lickety-Splat (1961)
* A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)
* Compressed Hare (1961)
* Nelly's Folly (1961)
* Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)
* Martian Through Georgia (1962)
* Woolen Under Where (1963)
* To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
* Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965)
* Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)
* The Bugs Bunny Show Episode 5
* The Bugs Bunny Show Episode 13
* The Honey-Mousers (The Bugs Bunny Show)
* Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
=== Director ===
* Beep Prepared (1961) (co-director) - Oscar nominee
* Nelly's Folly (1961) (co-director) - Oscar nominee
* A Sheep in the Deep (1962) (co-director)
* Zoom at the Top (1962) (co-director)
* Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962) (co-director)
* Martian Through Georgia (1962) (co-director)
* I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963) (co-director)
* Now Hear This (1963) (co-director) - Oscar nominee
* Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963) (co-director)
* Mad as a Mars Hare (1963) (co-director)
* Transylvania 6-5000 (1963) (co-director)
* To Beep or Not to Beep (1963) (co-director)
* The Iceman Ducketh (1964) (co-director)
* War and Pieces (1964) (co-director)
=== Designer ===
* Woolen Under Where (1963)
 
Category:Layout artists
Category:Background-artists
Category:Directors
Category:Looney Tunes Directors
Category:Deceased
Category:Real People
Category:1911 Births
Category:2001 Deaths