Chuck Jones

Charles Martin Jones (21 September 1912 – 22 February 2002) was an American animator, director, cartoon artist, screenwriter, and producer. He created and co-created several Looney Tunes characters, such as his collaborative help with co-creating Bugs Bunny, but his creations also included Sniffles, Pepé Le Pew, Penelope Pussycat, Michigan J. Frog, Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, and Hubie and Bertie, and many others. He also changed Daffy Duck from a zany screwball to a narcissistic anti-hero.
On 19 July 2014, the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City opened the exhibit What's Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones, which features some of Jones' artwork over his career.http://www.movingimage.us/exhibitions/2014/07/19/detail/whats-up-doc-the-animation-art-of-chuck-jones
Jones has his own website he made in 2000.http://www.chuckjones.com
== History ==
He originally worked as an animator in the series, being hired by Leon Schlesinger following Hugh Harman's and Rudolf Ising's move to MGM. He would often work alongside Bob Clampett, and serve as one of his key animators once Clampett was promoted to director. When Frank Tashlin first quit Warner Bros. in 1938, he was promoted to director after Robert McKimson turned down his request to become director.
Chuck Jones early cartoons from up to 1942 notably had a different direction compared to the other directors at the time; they tended to be more experimental with abstract designs and follow a more Disney-esque formula, often focusing more on visuals over humor. Following Jones being threatened to be fired by Schlesinger twice (after the release of "The Bird Came C.O.D." and "The Dover Boys"), Jones would aim on a similar direction in between his original visual-based direction and that of Friz Freleng's slapstick.
Jones later worked on UPA's Gay Purr-ee, despite his contract being locked into working for the Warner Bros. studio at the time. When Warner Bros. received Gay Purr-ee for distribution and found Jones' name on the film, he was terminated from Warner Bros. in 1962, and Phil Monroe was held accountable to finish Jones' remaining cartoons before his crew would be terminated from the studio. Following Jones' firing from Warner Bros., he would receive an offer from MGM, and start his own studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions, where he would notably direct The Dot and the Line, a TV adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and 1963-67 Tom and Jerry cartoons after Gene Deitch's contract with MGM was terminated.
== Looney Works ==
=== As a Director ===
See List of cartoons supervised by Chuck Jones
=== As a Writer ===
* So Much for So Little (1949) (with Friz Freleng (uncredited)) (uncredited) N/A 
* Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952) (with Friz Freleng) N/A 
* A Hitch in Time (1955) N/A 
* Two Scent's Worth (1955) 
* 90 Day Wondering (1956) (with Michael Maltese) N/A 
* Heaven Scent (1956) 
* Drafty, Isn't It? (1957) N/A 
* Hopalong Casualty (1960) 
* Zip 'n Snort (1961) 
* Lickety-Splat (1961) 
* A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961) 
* Beep Prepared (1961) (with John W. Dunn) 
* Nelly's Folly (1961) (with David Detiege) 
* A Sheep in the Deep (1962) 
* Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962) (with John W. Dunn and Michael Maltese) CS
* Zoom at the Top (1962) 
* Martian Through Georgia (1962) (with Carl Kohler) 
* I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963) (with John W. Dunn) 
* Now Hear This (1963) (with John W. Dunn) 
* Woolen Under Where (1963) 
* To Beep or Not to Beep (1963) (with John W. Dunn) 
* Zip Zip Hooray! (1965) (with John W. Dunn (uncredited)) (uncredited) 
* Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965) (with John W. Dunn (uncredited)) (uncredited) 
* Freeze Frame (1979) (with John W. Dunn (uncredited)) (uncredited) 
* Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny (1980) 
* Spaced Out Bunny (1980) 
* Soup or Sonic (1980) 
* Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980) (with Michael Maltese) 
* Chariots of Fur (1994) (with Stephen Fossati (uncredited) and Stan Freberg (uncredited)) 
* Another Froggy Evening (1995) (with Don Arioli, Stephen Fossatti, and Stan Freberg) 
* Superior Duck (1996) 
* Daffy Duck for President (2004) (book) 
=== As a Producer ===
* Freeze Frame (1979) (with Hal Geer (uncredited)) (uncredited) 
* Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny (1980) 
* Spaced Out Bunny (1980) 
* Soup or Sonic (1980) 
* Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980) (with Mary Roscoe) 
* Chariots of Fur (1994) (with Linda Jones Clough) 
* Another Froggy Evening (1995) (with Linda Jones Clough and Stephen Fossatti) 
* Superior Duck (1996) (with Linda Jones Clough and Stephen Fossatti) 
* Pullet Surprise (1997) (with Linda Jones Clough and Stephen Fossatti) 
* From Hare to Eternity (1997) (with Linda Jones Clough and Stephen Fossatti) 
* Father of the Bird (1997) (with Linda Jones Clough and Stephen Fossatti (co-producer)) 
== Characters Created ==
Coyote.gif|Wile E. Coyote
Looneytunes-roadrunner.gif|Road Runner
Pepepointclip.gif|Pepé Le Pew
Penelope Pussycat.svg.png|Penelope Pussycat
307px-Marvin the Martian.gif|Marvin the Martian
K-9.png|K-9
Snifles.png|Sniffles
Hubie&Bertie.png|Hubie and Bertie
Claude Cat.png|Claude Cat
Screen Shot 2014-10-24 at 20.17.27.png|Conrad the Cat
Mark anthony.gif|Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot
Sam Sheepdog 300-1-.gif|Sam Sheepdog
Ralph.png|Ralph Wolf
WitchHazel-LooneyTunes.png|Witch Hazel
Henery Hawk 300.gif|Henery Hawk
Sniffles bookworm.jpg|Bookworm
Snowman.jpg|Hugo the Abominable Snowman
Char 34713.jpg|Melissa Duck
Charlie 300.gif|Charlie Dog
Frisky.png|Frisky Puppy
Lralph.jpeg|Ralph Phillips
Gossamer.gif|Gossamer
Dr. Lorre cartoon.jpg|Dr. Lorre
Nasty Canastra 1.png|Nasty Canasta
Colonelshuffle.JPG|Colonel Shuffle
Cottontail Smith.png|Cottontail Smith
Sphrosphire slasher.jpeg|Shropshire Slasher
Babyface Finster.png|Babyface Finster
Crusher0010.JPG|The Crusher
Angus macrory.jpg|Angus MacRory
Gio.png|Giovanni Jones
Backslide.jpg|Dan Backslide
Count blood.jpg|Count Bloodcount
Caspercavemanfido.jpg|Casper Caveman
Ala Bahma 1.jpeg|Ala Bahma
Curious.jpg|The Two Curious Puppies
3BEARS.jpg|Three Bears
PDVD 017.jpg|Toro the Bull
Nelly's Folly Still.jpg|Nelly the Giraffe
Michigan J. Frog.png|Michigan J. Frog
3218.jpg|Mot
Merlin.png|Merlin of Monroe
Turkey.jpg|The Turkey
Laramore.jpg|Laramore
Third.png|Sheriff of Nottingham
Bogey.jpg|Humphrey Bogart
Classic iq hi.jpg|Dr. I.Q. Hi
Martian 300.gif|Instant Martians
MadScientistDrWoe.png|Dr. Moron
Inki.jpg|Inki
Playboy Penguin.png|Playboy Penguin
Dover.jpg|The Dover Boys
Worker.png|Construction Worker
Chuck Jones - Merrie Melodies - Fox Pop (1942) - 01m 04s 340ms.jpg|Fox (Fox Pop)
Image thumb1.png|Minah Bird
Rabbit3.jpg|Little John
Fifi (Scent-imental Over You).png|Fifi
Thelionbusy4.jpg|Leo the Lion
The dover boys-1.png|Dora Standpipe
Ralph K. Merlin Jr. pic.png|Ralph K. Merlin Jr.
DRAFT HORSE 1.png|The Draft Horse
Lost and Foundling.jpg|Orville the Hawk
NIGHT WATCHMAN.png|Tommy Cat
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur 006.jpeg|Fido
Porky's Ant Screenshot 1.png|African Pygmy
1485wb2.png|Mighty Angelo
Snapshot17-1.jpg|Teeny the Elephant
Char 45776.jpg|Eskimo hunter
Hush my mouse-2.png|Filligan
Hush my mouse-1.png|Art
The leprichan.jpg|O'Pat and O'Mike
Theteenagethumb.jpeg|Tom Thumb
== Trivia ==
* He appears in the bar scene in Gremlins. A credit for Chuck Jones's title animation appeared in Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
* Jones made a cameo appearance as a caricatured version of himself in the Animaniacs episode "Back in Style", along with Friz Freleng.
* In 2012, the Circus Circus hotel in Las Vegas housed the Chuck Jones Experience exhibit. It is now housed by the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity in Southern California.The Chuck Jones Experience facebook page
== Gallery ==
Chuck-jones-unit-A.jpg|Chuck with his animation unit
Chuck-jones1.jpg|A young Chuck in front of storyboards for Sniffles and the Bookworm
1f493defc47d322fbf8969c8a0c3283d.jpg|Chuck with Jim Henson
MV5BMTQ5OTk1NjEyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjI4NzY1. V1 .jpg|Chuck at the premiere of A Bug's Life in 1998
TexChuckBob0001.jpg|Chuck with Sid Sutherland, Virgil Ross, Tex Avery, and Bob Clampett
Tumblr nehdnrGcFD1rsovmko1 1280.jpg|Chuck with Treg Brown, Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng, Eddie Selzer, and John W. Burton
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Mel friz chuck.png|Chuck at the Academy Awards with Mel Blanc and Friz Freleng
Juneforay e.jpg|Chuck with Mel Blanc and June Foray
June-mel-and-chuck2.jpg
Tumblr nn1t8cyk9z1tb16fvo2 1280.png|A self-caricature of Chuck from Bugs Bunny: Superstar
Tumblr o39k6ibVpG1rsovmko1 1280.jpg|Chuck with his wife Dorothy (left) and his daughter Linda (middle) holding two Oscar statuettes that he won for "So Much for So Little” and “For Scent-imental Reasons”
Tumblr oi78yreTaz1rsovmko5 540.jpg|Chuck with Boris Karloff at a recording session of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
ThreeDirectors0001.jpg|Chuck with Johnny Burton, Robert McKimson, and Friz Freleng circa 1958
IMG 0583.JPG|Chuck at the 38th Academy Awards with Elke Sommer (left), Les Goldman (far right), and Don Knotts (between Chuck and Les)
IMG 0589.JPG|Chuck with his animators Lloyd Vaughan and Ken Harris
C21e7bb92c6c3b414842381d5cb197f4.jpg|Chuck with Matt Groening (middle) and John Lasseter (right).
DbgYUb-VQAAhJvH.jpg|Chuck (right) with Walt Disney (middle)
1958-jones-noble-schmeier.jpg|Chuck Jones, Leo Salkin, Lou Schmeier, Maurice Noble, Owen Crump, Carol Chala, Richard Hobson
1960-staff-590.jpg|Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng and Bill Orcutt, March 1960
ChuckJonesShow.jpg|Title Sequence to The Chuck Jones Show, a tribute program on Cartoon Network showcasing his works
File:KellyAndJones001.jpg|Chuck with his grandson, Todd Kausen, and Walt Kelly
10391026 10204638867242468 7015555532503884394 n.jpg|Chuck Jones with Daffy Duck
Animaniacs chuck and friz.jpg|Chuck Jones with Friz Freleng caricatured in Animaniacs.
Bob chuck norman.jpg|Chuck with Norman McLaren (left) and Bob Clampett (middle) at the World Retrospective of Animated Cinema, Montreal c. 1967
Chuck-and-Maltese-500.jpg|Chuck with Michael Maltese
JonesUnit001.jpg|Chuck with his animation unit in the early 1940s
JonesUnit002.jpg|Chuck with his animation unit c. 1950
6a00d8341d2b8f53ef00e54f2d4b738834-640wi.jpg|Chuck with Ken Harris and Ben Washam
Walter Lantz Chuck Jones Friz Freleng.jpg|Chuck with Walter Lantz and Friz Freleng
Gremlins-cameo-3.jpg|Chuck with Zach Galligan as Billy Peltzer and Judge Reinhold as Gerald Hopkins in Gremlins
Chuck cameo.jpg|Chuck with Butch Patrick as Milo in The Phantom Tollbooth
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