Chuck JonesFilmography

Chuck Jones: Extremes and Inbetweens - A Life in Animation

Actors: Chuck Jones, Leonard Maltin, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg

Synopsis: Chuck Jones: Extremes and Inbetweens - A Life in Animation was originally telecast as a PBS "Great Performances" episode on November 22, 2000. Warner Bros. animator Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones created many cartoon characters, including Pepe Le Pew, Wile E. Coyote, and the Road Runner. A key Read More

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Actors: Kelsey Grammer

Synopsis: Directed by Iwerks' granddaughter, this documentary seeks to highlight the cinematic accomplishments of Ub Iwerks, a forgotten genius overshadowed by the towering presence of Walt Disney. The details include his early life in Missouri, his teaming up with Disney, and the creation of his most Read More

Conversations with: Chuck Jones

Mrs. Doubtfire

Crew: Supervising Animator

Actors: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday

Synopsis: Robin Williams learns that keeping in touch with his children can be a drag in this hit comedy. Daniel Hillard (Williams) is an eccentric actor who specializes in dubbing voices for cartoon characters. Daniel is a kind man and a loving father, but he's a poor disciplinarian and a shaky role model. Read More

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Actors: Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Ron Howard, Matt Groening, Leonard Maltin

Synopsis: This colorful, fast-paced documentary pays tribute to animator Chuck Jones on his eightieth birthday. Amidst many clips from his most famous cartoons, major stars and Hollywood figures ranging from Steven Spielburg to Ron Howard to composer Danny Elfman to film historian/critic Leonard Maltin to Read More

Stay Tuned

Crew: Animator

Actors: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom, Heather McComb

Synopsis: John Ritter and Pam Dawber star as Roy and Helen Knable, a suburban American couple having marital problems. Roy has become a couch potato, and a resentful Helen wants him to ditch the remote. When the demonic Spike (Jeffrey Jones) offers Roy a deal on the ultimate satellite TV system, Roy doesn't Read More

Chuck Amuck: The Movie

Synopsis: The legendary animator and cartoon director Chuck Jones is profiled and discussed. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Crew: Animator

Actors: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky, Robert Picardo

Synopsis: Where the original Gremlins was a horror film spiked with comedy, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is essentially a black comedy, with a couple of horrifying touches. As the film starts, the fantastical trinket shop in Chinatown, which sold the Mogwai in the first film, is demolished by a crazed Read More

Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

Actors: Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen Mistal, Steve Lundquist, John Astin

Synopsis: It has been 25 years since the last Killer Tomato has been squished into sauce. To this day the tasty red fruit are banned, and some folks fall in to paroxysms of fear at the mention of tomatoes. Still the general public has been lulled into believing that they are finally safe from the Read More

Innerspace

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis

Synopsis: Director Joe Dante infuses this science fiction comedy with the visual razzle-dazzle and manic, goofball performances typical of his cartoon-inspired sensibilities. Navy test pilot Lt. Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid) has volunteered for a highly dangerous medical experiment. A submersible craft Read More

Gremlins

Actors: Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday

Synopsis: "Don't expose him to bright light. Don't ever get him wet. And don't ever, ever feed him after midnight." This sage advice is ignored midway through Gremlins, with devastating results. This comic Joe Dante effort is set in a Norman Rockwell-esque small town at Christmastime. Seeking a unique gift Read More

The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

Crew: Director

Actors: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Frank Nelson, Frank Welker, Stan Freberg

Synopsis: New bits of animation link together this compilation of Friz Freleng-directed Warner Bros. cartoons, which includes the Oscar-winning Knighty Knight Bugs. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Alvin & the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas

Crew: Director

Actors: Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman, Shepard Menken, June Foray, Frank Welker, R.J. Williams

Synopsis: Several years after the death of novelty album recording artist Ross Bagdasarian, his son Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. brought his father's most popular creation, Alvin and the Chipmunks, back to life with a record album called Chipmunk Punk (1980). The resurgence in popularity of the high-pitched Read More

Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All over

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Unlike most other Bugs Bunny TV specials, Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over eschews footage from older cartoons, offering instead three brand-new animated shorts. In flashback, Bugs recalls his first meeting with Elmer Fudd, when both were infants. Then he remembers a momentous confrontation with Read More

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

Crew: Director

Synopsis: "A Christmas Carol" and "Twas the Night Before Christmas" are the two tales spun by Bugs and his fellow 'toons in this animated special. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: From his distinguished retirement in a carrot-filled mansion in Beverly Hills, Bugs Bunny (in new animation) introduces the stories of dozens of cartoon adventures created during the Chuck Jones tenure (1939-62) at Warner Brothers' animation department. The new animation contains many in-jokes and Read More

Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: The witty 'toon rabbit finds himself in medieval times in this animated spoof of Mark Twain's classic tale. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Combining classic music with classic animated characters this feature from animator/director Chuck Jones stars Bugs Bunny and pal Daffy Duck. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Yankee Doodle Cricket

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this film, historical events are given a slightly different spin when it is revealed that a group of animals were responsible for writing the patriotic tune "Yankee Doodle Dandy," assisting Thomas Jefferson with the writing of the Declaration of Independence, and helping out Paul Revere in his Read More

The White Seal

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Based on the Rudyard Kipling story, this film follows the story of a young white seal who grows up to become the savior of the local seal population when it is threatened by seal hunters. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was one of several animated TV specials based on the works of Rudyard Kipling, and produced and directed by Chuck Jones. The title character is a courageous mongoose, the unofficial pet of a British family living in India. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi has appointed himself protector of the Read More

Mowgli's Brothers

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Animator Chuck Jones helmed this tale, adapted from the work of Rudyard Kipling, of a boy raised by wolves. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

A Cricket in Times Square

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Chester, a plucky little cricket with the gift of making beautiful music leaves his country home to find fortune in the Big Apple, instead he finds himself overwhelmed by the dangerous bustle and hub-ub around him. Eventually, he teams up with a mouse, a boy and a cat to save the kindly owner of a Read More

A Very Merry Cricket

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A sequel to "A Cricket in Times Square," in this feature a musical cricket returns to his New York City home and his friends, a cat and a mouse, to discover the meaning of Christmas. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

A Christmas Carol

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Alastair Sim, Michael Hordern, Melvyn Hayes, Joan Sims, Paul Whitsun-Jones

Synopsis: This well-animated version of Dickens' classic Christmas story stays quite faithful to its source as it chronicles the painful lesson learned by a bitter old miser whose money lust alienates him from humanity. His lesson comes in the form of ghostly intervention from a trio of spirits who force Read More

Dr. Seuss: Horton Hears a Who!

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Horton the elephant comes to the rescue again in this video. Horton, with his sensitive hearing, is the only person who can hear the pleas for help from the microscopic world of the Whos, a world so tiny that it fits on a speck of dust. Horton's friends can't comprehend that there are living Read More

The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This animated children's adventure features the vocal talents of some of Hollywood's greatest voice actors as it mixes live-action and animation to tell the story of a young boy who sneaks into a mysterious toll booth and ends up in the Land of Wisdom. Voices are provided by Mel Blanc, Hans Conried Read More

The Phantom Tollbooth

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Butch Patrick, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Candy Candido, Hans Conried

Synopsis: Master animator Chuck Jones has created this full length fantasy, his first since being name director of MGM's animation department. A young boy (Butch Patrick) is bored with his life in San Francisco and finds himself in a fantasy land where letters and numbers are at war with each other. He Read More

The Pogo's Special Birthday Special

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This animated outing from Chuck Jones will appeal to children and adults. Featuring characters from comic artist Walt Kelly's long-running strip, it offers slightly twisted versions of how many American holidays came to be. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cannery Rodent

Crew: Director

Synopsis: During yet another waterfront chase, Tom and Jerry end up on the conveyor belt of a fish cannery (hence the cartoon's Steinbeck-inspired title). The boys briefly find themselves "canned goods" before resuming the chase. Tom's efforts to trap Jerry are stymied by a marauding shark, while Jerry Read More

The Bear That Wasn't

Crew: Director

Cat and Duplicat

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The story begins along the waterfront, as erstwhile gondolier Tom pilots a canoe fashioned from a washtub, rapturously singing "Santa Lucia" to an audience of disinterested seagulls. Likewise, Jerry makes his entrance rowing along in a teacup and warbling the same tune. Tom forgets his serenade Read More

Jerry Jerry Quite Contrary

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Whenever Jerry walks in his sleep, he makes beeline to Tom and gives the confused cat a painful trouncing. Tom of course is outraged by this treatment and takes vengeance on Jerry--who, upon waking up, can remember nothing about his somnabulistic sadism and can't understand why Tom is being so Read More

Love Me, Love My Mouse

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In love with a gorgeous female cat, Tom displays his affections by presenting the lady with what looks like a wedding ring, but turns out to be a trussed-up mouse named Jerry. Literally walking on air in anticipation of matrimony, Tom is brought crashing down to earth when his sweetheart takes Read More

Duel Personality

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The scene is a baronial mansion, where Tom is pursuing Jerry with a heavy ball and chain. Offended by this treatment, Jerry grabs a giant glove, smacks Tom on the puss and challenges him to a duel. Comes the dawn, and the combatants meet on the field of honor, standing back to back with pistols at Read More

The Dot and the Line

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Chuck Jones directs this Academy Award-winning cartoon detailing the unrequited love that the line has for the dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for the lively squiggle. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

I'm Just Wild About Jerry

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Pursued by Tom (who else?), Jerry makes his getaway on a rollerskate. The resourceful mouse then sneaks into a department store, with Tom, only briefly slowed down by a speeding passenger train, hot on his trail. The rest of the cartoon finds Jerry using the various sale items in the Read More

Haunted Mouse

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Jerry is visited by his lookalike cousin (Brother? Uncle?), a professional magician--replete with top hat, cape, hidden rabbits and enchanted gloves. The presence of the "twin Jerrys" leaves Tom more nonplussed than ever, especially when he tries to prevent Jerry from raiding a restaurant pantry Read More

Bad Day at Cat Rock

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Tom and Jerry are off on another wild chase, this one on the skeleton of an uncompleted skyscraper (the boys are so engrossed in their "work" that a full minute passes before the production credits appear on screen). Falling into a manhole, Tom makes his way through a maze of sewers--and Read More

The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Though the title of this cartoon is a play on The Brothers Karamazov, Tom and Jerry waste no time in Dostoevski-style introspection. Relaxing beside his mini-swimming pool, Jerry is alerted to the approach of Tom by his closed-circuit TV. Tom is carrying a box containing all sorts of delicious Read More

The Cat's Me-Ouch

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Jerry sneaks out of his mousehole to grab a midnight snack, only to be confronted by a cleaver-wielding Tom. Fed up with not getting fed, Jerry purchases a ferocious-looking bulldog for 15 dollars, courtesy of a mail-order catalogue. Imagine Jerry's dismay and Tom's delight when the bulldog turns Read More

Year of the Mouse

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Sleeping peacefully by a cozy fireside, Tom has no idea that he has been targeted for harrassment by Jerry and another mischievous mouse. Lowered down the chimney by his pal, Jerry whacks Tom with a flyswatter and makes a quick getaway, leaving the confused cat to wonder whence the mysterious Read More

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Boris Karloff

Synopsis: Chuck Jones' animated version of the classic Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas originally aired on television in 1966 and has since become a holiday family favorite. Voiced by Boris Karloff (who also narrates), the Grinch lives on top of a hill overlooking Whoville with his dog, Max. Read More

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This time, the never-ending cat-and-mouse chase takes place all around a high-rise apartment building. Tom's efforts to capture Jerry prove futile and painful, especially when a wide-open window is involving. The chase culminates in some scary moments for the acrophobic Tom as he and Jerry scamper Read More

Of Feline Bondage

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The title of this cartoon is of course a takeoff of Somerset Maugham's great novel Of Human Bondage. It's safe bet, however, that Mr. Maugham never dreamed of such gags as Tom playing a game of billiards with Jerry serving as the cueball. Taking refuge in his mousehole, Jerry is confronted by his Read More

Tom Thump

Crew: Director

Tom-ic Energy

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Tom chases Jerry up, down and around a high-rise apartment building. This goes on with hilarious variations for several minutes before the chase spills over into the busy city streets, where Tom and Jerry must patiently wait for the traffic lights to change as other cat-and-mice combinations Read More

Much Ado About Mousing

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Using a hunk of cheese for bait, Tom goes mouse-fishing from a waterfront pier, casting his line towards a small boat in hopes of hooking Jerry. But as usual, catching Jerry and keeping him are two entirely different things. Making Tom's job all the more difficult is a surly bulldog, in whose Read More

Snowbody Loves Me

Crew: Director

Synopsis: As the strains of Rachmaninoff are heard in the background, a shivering Jerry emerges from a snowstorm and arrives in quaint Tyrolean village. The hungry mouse makes his way to the local cheese shop, which is being guarded by (you guessed it) Tom. Before long, Jerry is inside the shop, and Tom is Read More

The Cat Above and the Mouse Below

Crew: Director

Synopsis: That celebrated operatic baritone Thomasino Catti-Cazzaza (who bears a frightening resemblance to our old friend Tom the cat) makes his way through a throng a screaming fans to perform a solo concert. As Thomasino launches into a splendiferous rendition of Rossini's "Largo al Factotum" (aka Read More

Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: As the opening credits flash across the screen, Jerry is seen mixing several colorful chemicals with test tubes and beakers. He concocts a greenish potion which, when swallowed, transforms Jerry into the fastest mouse in all cartoondom. Before long, Jerry is whizzing past Tom at hypersonic speed Read More

War and Pieces

Crew: Director

Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Tom has bound Jerry to a long string, and is forcing the mouse to wait on him hand and foot. That's the condition that prevails until the arrival of the mailman, who delivers a cute little kitten to Tom's mistress. Sensing that the purring, wide-eyed newcomer poses a threat to his position in the Read More

Woolen Under Where

Crew: Director

Transylvania 6-5000

Crew: Director

Synopsis: En route to Pittsburgh, Bugs Bunny makes a "wrong toin" and winds up in Transylvania, where accepts the hospitality of sinister vampire Count Bloodcount, who transforms into a bat whenever Bugs says "Abracadabra". Bugs never notices this metamorphosis because he always manages to reverse the spell Read More

Penthouse Mouse

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In the first of the 1960s "Tom and Jerry" cartoons produced by Chuck Jones, the skeleton of a skyscraper serves as the backdrop for a merry chase. As Tom luxuriates on his penthouse patio, far down below on the pavement a hungry Jerry searches for food. Spotting a workman's lunchbox, Jerry climbs Read More

To Beep or Not to Beep

Crew: Director

Hare-Breadth Hurry

Crew: Director

I Was a Teenage Thumb

Crew: Director

Now Hear This

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The weirdest cartoon ever to emerge from the Warner Bros. animation department, Now Hear This is almost impossible to describe, but here goes anyway. Basically, it's the story of a small red horn, which has somehow become detached from the head of Satan. A hard-of-hearing Englishman, dissatisfied Read More

Louvre Come Back to Me

Crew: Director

Gay Purr-ee

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons, Hermione Gingold, Paul H. Frees, Morey Amsterdam

Synopsis: In the wake of the success of Disney's "101 Dalmatians," Warner Brothers has come up with a story about cats called "Gay Purr-ee." This song-filled adventure begins with Mewsette, a rural femme feline longing for the exciting life in Paris. She is kidnapped by some criminal cats. Things look bad Read More

Martian Through Georgia

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: A pint-sized Martian is contented but bored with life on his own planet, and decides to visit Earth for some fun. Unfortunately, the Earthlings jump to the conclusion that the Martian is a monster, to be captured or destroyed or both. Unaware that the "hideous alien monstrosity" everyone is Read More

Zoom at the Top

Crew: Director

The Abominable Snow Rabbit

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The wrong turn occurred in East St. Louis rather than Alburquerque, but the result is the same: en route to Palm Springs, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck end up instead in the snow-capped Himalayas. Before long, Daffy has run into an abominable snowman named Hugo. The dopey Hugo insists upon calling Read More

Nelly's Folly

Crew: Director

The Mouse on 57th Street

Crew: Director

Lickety Splat

Crew: Director

Compressed Hare

Crew: Director

Beep Prepared

Crew: Director

Zip 'n Snort

Crew: Director

Who Scent You?

Crew: Director

Hopalong Casualty

Crew: Director

Rabbit's Feat

Crew: Director

Ready, Woolen and Able

Crew: Director

High Note

Crew: Director

Fastest with the Mostest

Crew: Director

Baton Bunny

Crew: Director

Hot Rod and Reel

Crew: Director

Wild About Hurry

Crew: Director

Hook, Line and Stinker

Crew: Director

Hare-Way to the Stars

Crew: Director

Cat Feud

Crew: Director

To Itch His Own

Crew: Director

Robin Hood Daffy

Crew: Director

Hip-Hip Hurry

Crew: Director

Whoa, Be Gone

Crew: Director

Touche and Go

Crew: Director

What's Opera, Doc?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: One of the most beloved of all Warner Brothers cartoons, What's Opera Doc? re-imagines the Elmer Fudd versus Bugs Bunny conflict as a German opera, complete with expressionist sets, tragic romance, and a majestic chorus of "Kill the wabbit!" Director Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese combine Read More

Zoom and Bored

Crew: Director

Ali Baba Bunny

Crew: Director

Synopsis: After taking that infamous "wrong toin" at Albuqerque, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck wind up in Bagdad instead of Pismo Beach. There they come upon a treasure cave guarded by a scimitar-wielding giant ("Hassan chop!"), but this doesn't stop Daffy from trying to plunder the cave's limitless supply of Read More

Boyhood Daze

Crew: Director

Steal Wool

Crew: Director

Go Fly a Kit

Crew: Director

Scrambled Aches

Crew: Director

Rocket Bye Baby

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A disturbance in the cosmos has caused a interplanetary prenatal mixup, and as a result an earthling baby is delivered to Mars--while a Martian infant ends up on earth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur. Adjusting to the fact that their new son has green skin and antennae, the Wilburs nonetheless Read More

Heaven Scent

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Pursued by a gang of yapping dogs along the French Riviera, a female cat paints a white stripe on her back to scare her tormentors away. Unfortunately, she also attracts the attention of that aromatic would-be Romeo, Pepe le Pew the skunk. Now the long-suffering cat must somehow escape the Read More

Gee Whiz-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z

Crew: Director

Barbary Coast Bunny

Crew: Director

Broom-Stick Bunny

Crew: Director

Deduce, You Say

Crew: Director

Rocket Squad

Crew: Director

Bugs' Bonnets

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The premise of this cartoon is established right at the beginning: "It's a well known psychological fact that people's behavior is strongly affected by the way they dress. Even a change of hats will usually bring certain changes." Sure enough, when peace-loving Elmer Fudd dons a hunter's hat, his Read More

To Hare is Human

Crew: Director

There They Go-Go-Go!

Crew: Director

Jumpin' Jupiter

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Porky Pig decides to go camping in the Great Outdoors, bringing his neurotic cat Sylvester along for the ride. While sleeping under the stars, Porky and Sylvester are abducted by a giant, green-skinned alien buzzard, who whisks the two earthlings away to the planet Jupiter. Upon awakening, Porky Read More

Knight-Mare Hare

Crew: Director

One Froggy Evening

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director

Synopsis: Another classic cartoon from director Chuck Jones, this hilarious Merrie Melodies short introduces the singing, dancing amphibian Michigan J. Frog (later to become the official symbol of the Warner Brothers television network.) The frog is initially discovered by a fairly average man, who finds a Read More

Beanstalk Bunny

Crew: Director

Double or Mutton

Crew: Director

Guided Muscle

Crew: Director

Two Scents Worth

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

Crew: Director

Rabbit Rampage

Crew: Director

Claws for Alarm

Crew: Director

Feline Frame-Up

Crew: Director

Lumber Jack-Rabbit

Crew: Director

Baby Buggy Bunny

Crew: Director

Bewitched Bunny

Crew: Director

Actors: Mel Blanc, June Foray

Synopsis: In her first cartoon appearance, Witch Hazel lures a pair of obese German tots named Hansel and Gretel into her gingerbread house. Knowing what Hazel has in mind (he's read the book, after all), Bugs Bunny appoints himself the kids' guardian. Although "Der Kinder" manage to escape before they're Read More

The Cat's Bah

Crew: Director

My Little Duckaroo

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this sequel to the 1951 cartoon Dripalong Daffy, cowboy hero Daffy Duck--aka "The Masked Avenger"--rides into town on his faithful steed Tinfoil, accompanied by his sidekick Comedy Relief (who looks an awful lot like Porky Pig). It is Daffy's mission to collect the $10,000 reward for the Read More

Stop! Look! and Hasten!

Crew: Director

Sheep Ahoy

Crew: Director

No Barking

Crew: Director

Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

Crew: Director

Forward March Hare

Crew: Director

Kiss Me Cat

Crew: Director

Bully for Bugs

Crew: Director

Duck Amuck

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Daffy Duck faces a rather bizarre adversary in the classic Merrie Melodies short Duck Amuck, which pits Daffy against a mischievous off-screen animator, who is constantly altering and even sabotaging the cartoon. The trouble begins when, during a Three Musketeers parody, Daffy suddenly notices the Read More

Don't Give up the Sheep

Crew: Director

Much Ado About Nutting

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Much Ado About Nutting is a wordless film from master cartoonist Chuck Jones. As Nutting opens, a squirrel spies an unguarded nut stand across the street from him and hurries toward it. He is delighted to find a stand full of peanuts, and even more so to find another with walnuts next to that. His Read More

Duck Dodgers in the 24th and 1/2 Century

Crew: Director

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

Crew: Director

Zipping Along

Crew: Director

Punch Trunk

Crew: Director

Wild over You

Crew: Director

Little Beau Pepe

Crew: Director

Mouse Warming

Crew: Director

Going! Going! Gosh!

Crew: Director

The Hasty Hare

Crew: Director

Operation: Rabbit

Crew: Director

Water, Water Every Hare

Crew: Director

Orange Blossoms For Violet

Crew: Director

Rabbit Seasoning

Crew: Director

Terrier Stricken

Crew: Director

Beep, Beep

Crew: Director

Feed the Kitty

Crew: Director

Drip-Along Daffy

Crew: Director

Scent-Imental Romeo

Crew: Director

Rabbit Fire

Crew: Director

A Hound for Trouble

Crew: Director

Bunny Hugged

Crew: Director

A Bear for Punishment

Crew: Director

Chow Hound

Crew: Director

Synopsis: To keep himself supplied with thick juicy steaks, a greedy bulldog runs an elaborate scam, using a scraggly cat as his patsy. The dog farms out the feline's "services" to a variety of human masters, forcing the cat to pose as a champion mouser named Butch, a pampered "pedigreed" cat named Harold Read More

Cheese Chasers

Crew: Director

The Wearing of the Grin

Crew: Director

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

Crew: Director

Actors: Mel Blanc

Two's a Crowd

Crew: Director

Rabbit of Seville

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Warner Brothers cartoon director Chuck Jones casts Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny in the roles of opera singers in the Looney Tunes short The Rabbit of Seville. Preceding Jones' famous Wagner parody What's Opera, Doc? by seven years, this short begins out in the wilds, with Elmer chasing the wascally Read More

The Hypo-Chondri-Cat

Crew: Director

Homeless Hare

Crew: Director

The Ducksters

Crew: Director

Dog Gone South

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Despite his "Big Soulful Eyes" routine, Charlie Dog is kicked out of a freight car and ends up in Platt Falls, somewhere in the Deep South. Wasting no time in his search for a place to live and a few free meals, Charlie latches on to banjo-playing Colonel Shuffle--who is rapidly driven crazy by Read More

Caveman Inki

Crew: Director

8 Ball Bunny

Crew: Director

The Bee-Deviled Bruin

Crew: Director

Frigid Hare

Crew: Director

So Much for So Little

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: The Academy Award-winner for Best Documentary, Short Subject in 1950, this animated Public Service Announcement was produced to draw attention to the topic of immunization while highlighting how low-cost public health services can save countless lives. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

For Scent-Imental Reasons

Crew: Director

Actors: Mel Blanc

Synopsis: The dapper proprietor of an exclusive Parisian perfumery opens his shop one morning to discover a skunk (Pepe Le Pew) sampling his wares. Distraught, he calls a gendarme to remove the trespasser, but the policeman refuses to touch the smelly animal. The proprietor seizes hold of a cat and throws Read More

The Awful Orphan

Crew: Director

Bear Feat

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Having stumbled upon a newspaper ad placed by "Mingling Brothers Circus" for a trick bear act. Pa Bear tries to transform himself , his wife Ma Bear and his son Junyer Bear into a vaudeville troupe, and suffers spectacularly as a result. The main problem is the oafish Junyer, who has no talent but Read More

Fast and Furry-Ous

Crew: Director

Mississippi Hare

Crew: Director

Long-Haired Hare

Crew: Director

Often an Orphan

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Abandoned by the latest in a long line of human masters, the troublesome Charley Dog gravitates to the farm of Porky Pig, hoping to find a new home and fresh source of food. After doing the "large soulful eyes" routine, Charley tries to convince Porky that he's the perfect dog: 50% boxer, 50% Read More

Mouse Wreckers

Crew: Director

Rabbit Hood

Crew: Director

Haredevil Hare

Crew: Director

My Bunny Lies Over the Sea

Crew: Director

What's Brewin', Bruin?

Crew: Director

You Were Never Duckier

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Upon discovering that the "best rooster" prize at the National Poultery Show is $5000, Daffy Duck cleverly disguises himself as a Rhode Island Red with some stolen tailfeathers and a rubber glove. Enter young Henery Hawk, who is determined to catch a chicken for his father's dinner. At first Read More

Rabbit Punch

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Scaredy Cat

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A Feather in His Hare

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Daffy Dilly

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Little Orphan Airedale

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Looney Tunes animated short Little Orphan Airedale, directed by Chuck Jones, begins with a daring nighttime prison break. Or perhaps the term "pound break" might be more precise, since the fugitive is a dog by the name of Rags McMutt. Rags takes refuge from the City Pound's dog-catchers in a Read More

Scent-Imental over You

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A Pest in the House

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Checking into a hotel after an exhausting road trip, a weary businessman warns hotel manager Elmer Fudd of dire consequences--namely a punch in the nose!--if he is disturbed while trying to sleep. Unfortunately, overeager bellboy Daffy Duck wastes no time in making a noisy pest of himself, and as Read More

House Hunting Mice

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Inki at the Circus

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Quentin Quail

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The Eager Beaver

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Fair and Worm-Er

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Roughly Squeaking

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Hush My Mouse

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Hair-Raising Hare

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Hare Conditioned

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Trap Happy Porky

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Hare Tonic

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Odor-Able Kitty

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Fresh Airedale

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A household cat is driven crazy because his master treats a dog named Shep like a hero--even though good ol' Shep is actually a thief and scoundrel. Attempting to expose Shep as a phony, the cat is further frustrated when his master is led to believe that the duplicitous dog has scared off a Read More

The Weakly Reporter

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Contemporary audiences may have a wee bit of trouble understanding the jokes in this animated "newsreel" spoof of WW2 shortages and rationing, though the gags about women at the workplace will probably strike a familiar chord. In the course of the action, we are informed that steaks and alarm Read More

From Hand to Mouse

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Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

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Tom Turk and Daffy

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Angel Puss

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Lost and Foundling

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Wackiki Wabbit

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The Aristo-Cat

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Inki and the Mynah Bird

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Fin N' Catty

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To Duck or Not to Duck

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Hunter Elmer Fudd sets his sights on Daffy Duck and opens fire. Outraged, Daffy challenges Elmer to throw away his gun and settle their differences man-to-man (or man-to-duck). Suddenly the forest morphs into a huge boxing ring, with a lively crowd of ducks in the audience demanding Elmer's blood. Read More

The Unbearable Bear

Crew: Director

Flop Goes the Weasel

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Super Rabbit

Crew: Director

Dog Tired

Crew: Director

The Squawkin' Hawk

Crew: Director

Conrad the Sailor

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The Bird Came C.O.D.

Crew: Director

Porky's Cafe

Crew: Director

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

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Case of the Missing Hare

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Hold the Lion, Please

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The Draft Horse

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A farm horse wants to get out from behind the plow to join the Army, but is classified "44-F" when he flunks the physical. Crestfallen, the horse wanders into the middle of an Army training field where a loud "sham" battle is taking place. Once he gets an up-close-and-personal look at genuine Read More

My Favorite Duck

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Porky Pig's efforts to go camping are frustrated by Daffy Duck, who manages to claim-jump every available campsite. Worse, Porky can't rid himself of Daffy because duck-hunting season is over--and he faces a $5000 fine if he so much as harms a feather on Daffy's head. Taking advantage of the Read More

Fox Pop

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Porky's Prize Pony

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Inki and the Lion

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Porky's Ant

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Saddle Silly

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Sniffles Bells the Cat

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Snow Time for Comedy

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Joe Glow the Firefly

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Elmer's Pet Rabbit

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Elmer's Pet Rabbit is an animated short from renowned director Chuck Jones, one of his first cartoons to feature the pairing of Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny. Indeed, this particular Merrie Melodies cartoon is perhaps most interesting for a glimpse at the earlier, surprisingly different Read More

Toy Trouble

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The Brave Little Bat

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Porky's Midnight Matinee

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Ghost Wanted

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The Egg Collector

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Mighty Hunters

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Elmer's Candid Camera

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Tom Thumb in Trouble

Crew: Director

Synopsis: One of the few "serious" Warner Bros. cartoons, this one finds Chuck Jones striving (and generally succeeding) to emulate Walt Disney. Nearly drowning in a mishap, tiny Tom Thumb is rescued by a friendly bird, but Tom's normal-sized woodchopper father thinks that the bird has attacked his son and Read More

Sniffles Takes a Trip

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Bedtime for Sniffles

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Stage Fright

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Good Night Elmer

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The Curious Puppy

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Old Glory

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Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur

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Dog Gone Modern

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Little Brother Rat

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Little Lion Hunter

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Naughty But Mice

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The Good Egg

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Presto-Changeo

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Sniffles and the Bookworm

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Robin Hood Makes Good

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Synopsis: This collection of three animated adventures with Robin Hood include "Robin Hood Makes Good," "Foney Fables" and "The Old Shell Game." ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Snow Man's Land

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The Night Watchman

Crew: Director

Injun Trouble

Crew: Animator

Porky the Wrestler

Crew: Animator

Picador Porky

Crew: Animator

Ain't We Got Fun

Crew: Animator

I Love to Singa

Crew: Animator

Milk and Money

Crew: Animator

Synopsis: Porky Pig's Poppa will lose his farm to flint-hearted landlord Mr. Viper unless Porky can raise some money in a hurry. Heading to the big city with his faithful horse Bobbin, Porky manages to get work delivering milk, but loses most of his first shipment to a pack of hungry cats. Making matters Read More

The Blow-Out

Crew: Animator

Bell Science: Gateway to the Mind

Crew: Animator

Synopsis: In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bell Telephone produced a series of children's educational films for television. These tapes are as entertaining and informative today as they were then. Dr. Frank Baxter, often called Dr. Science, hosts Gateway to the Mind. This animated film takes a look at the Read More