Directing · b. 1912 · Spokane, Washington, USA

Chuck 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'...

Directed
Looney Tunes Collector's Vault, Volume 2 2026 Looney Tunes Collector's Vault Volume 1 2025 Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection 2020 A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving 2014 Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection 2012 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One 2011 Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl 2010 Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl 2010 Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire 2010 The Essential Bugs Bunny 2010 Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5 2007 Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1 2003 Looney Tunes All Stars 1999 Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes 1998 Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth 1998 From Hare to Eternity 1997 Superior Duck 1996 Another Froggy Evening 1995 Chariots of Fur 1994 Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes 1991 The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame 1991 Daffy Duck's Quackbusters 1988 Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island 1983 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales 1982 Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television  1982 Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century 1980 Spaced Out Bunny 1980 Soup or Sonic 1980 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny 1980 The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special 1980 Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over 1980 Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special 1980 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie 1979 Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales 1979 Freeze Frame 1979 Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile 1979 Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet 1979 Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper 1978 A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court 1978 How Bugs Bunny Won the West 1978 Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies 1977 Bugs Bunny in Space 1977 Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special 1977 Carnival of the Animals 1976 Mowgli's Brothers 1976 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 1975 The White Seal 1975 Yankee Doodle Cricket 1975 A Very Merry Cricket 1973 Man: The Polluter 1973 A Cricket in Times Square 1973 Horton Hears a Who! 1970 The Phantom Tollbooth 1970 The Pogo Special Birthday Special 1969 The Bear That Wasn't 1967 Cannery Rodent 1967 Cat and Dupli-cat 1967 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966 Love Me, Love My Mouse 1966 Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary 1966 Duel Personality 1966 The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics 1965 The Cat's Me-Ouch 1965 Tom-ic Energy 1965 Roadrunner a Go-Go 1965 Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life 1965 I'm Just Wild About Jerry 1965 Of Feline Bondage 1965 Haunted Mouse 1965 The Year of the Mouse 1965 Zip Zip Hooray! 1965 Bad Day at Cat Rock 1965 Much Ado About Mousing 1964 Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? 1964 Snowbody Loves Me 1964 The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse 1964 The Cat Above and the Mouse Below 1964 War and Pieces 1964 Transylvania 6-5000 1963 To Beep or Not to Beep 1963 Mad as a Mars Hare 1963 Now Hear This 1963 Hare-Breadth Hurry 1963 Pent-House Mouse 1963 I Was a Teenage Thumb 1963 A Sheep in the Deep 1962 Louvre Come Back to Me! 1962 Zoom at the Top 1962 Martian Through Georgia 1962 Adventures of the Road-Runner 1962 The Abominable Snow Rabbit 1961 Compressed Hare 1961 Nelly's Folly 1961 The Mouse on 57th Street 1961 A Scent of the Matterhorn 1961 Zip 'n Snort 1961 Lickety-Splat 1961 Beep Prepared 1961 Bad-Time Story 1961 Rabbit's Feat 1960 High Note 1960 Hopalong Casualty 1960 Ready, Woolen and Able 1960 Who Scent You? 1960 Fastest with the Mostest 1960 Baton Bunny 1959 Hare-abian Nights 1959 Wild About Hurry 1959 Hot-Rod and Reel! 1959 Hare-Way to the Stars 1958 Robin Hood Daffy 1958 Cat Feud 1958 Hook, Line and Stinker 1958 Whoa, Be-Gone! 1958 To Itch His Own 1958 Hip Hip-Hurry! 1958 What's Opera, Doc? 1957 Boyhood Daze 1957 Drafty, Isn't It? 1957 Steal Wool 1957 Ali Baba Bunny 1957 Scrambled Aches 1957 Zoom and Bored 1957 Go Fly a Kit 1957 Touché and Go 1957 90 Day Wondering 1956 Broom-Stick Bunny 1956 Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z 1956 Rocket Squad 1956 Bugs' Bonnets 1956 Barbary-Coast Bunny 1956 To Hare Is Human 1956 There They Go-Go-Go! 1956 Heaven Scent 1956 Deduce, You Say 1956 Rocket-bye Baby 1956 One Froggy Evening 1955 A Hitch in Time 1955 Jumpin' Jupiter 1955 Knight-Mare Hare 1955 Rabbit Rampage 1955 Beanstalk Bunny 1955 Ready.. Set.. Zoom! 1955 Guided Muscle 1955 Double or Mutton 1955 Two Scent's Worth 1955 Past Perfumance 1955 Bewitched Bunny 1954 Feline Frame-Up 1954 From A to Z-Z-Z-Z 1954 Baby Buggy Bunny 1954 No Barking 1954 Claws for Alarm 1954 The Cats Bah 1954 Stop! Look! and Hasten! 1954 My Little Duckaroo 1954 Sheep Ahoy 1954 Bully for Bugs 1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century 1953 Duck Amuck 1953 Duck! Rabbit, Duck! 1953 Kiss Me Cat 1953 Lumber Jack-Rabbit 1953 Forward March Hare 1953 Don't Give Up the Sheep 1953 Zipping Along 1953 Much Ado About Nutting 1953 Punch Trunk 1953 Wild Over You 1953 Orange Blossoms for Violet 1952 Rabbit Seasoning 1952 Water, Water Every Hare 1952 Feed the Kitty 1952 The Hasty Hare 1952 Operation: Rabbit 1952 Going! Going! Gosh! 1952 Terrier-Stricken 1952 Little Beau Pepé 1952 Mouse-Warming 1952 Beep, Beep 1952 A Bear for Punishment 1951 Rabbit Fire 1951 Chow Hound 1951 The Wearing of the Grin 1951 Drip-Along Daffy 1951 Bunny Hugged 1951 Cheese Chasers 1951 Scent-imental Romeo 1951 His Hare Raising Tale 1951 A Hound for Trouble 1951 Rabbit of Seville 1950 8 Ball Bunny 1950 Homeless Hare 1950 The Ducksters 1950 The Hypo-Chondri-Cat 1950 The Scarlet Pumpernickel 1950 Dog Gone South 1950 Caveman Inki 1950 Two's a Crowd 1950 Long-Haired Hare 1949 For Scent-imental Reasons 1949 Fast and Furry-ous 1949 Awful Orphan 1949 Rabbit Hood 1949 Mississippi Hare 1949 Bear Feat 1949 So Much for So Little 1949 Frigid Hare 1949 Mouse Wreckers 1949 Often an Orphan 1949 The Bee-Deviled Bruin 1949 My Bunny Lies Over the Sea 1948 Haredevil Hare 1948 Scaredy Cat 1948 Rabbit Punch 1948 Daffy Dilly 1948 You Were Never Duckier 1948 A Feather in His Hare 1948 What's Brewin', Bruin? 1948 A Pest in the House 1947 House Hunting Mice 1947 Inki at the Circus 1947 Little Orphan Airedale 1947 Scent-imental Over You 1947 Hair-Raising Hare 1946 Roughly Squeaking 1946 Quentin Quail 1946 The Eager Beaver 1946 Hush My Mouse 1946 Fair and Worm-er 1946 Hare Tonic 1945 Odor-Able Kitty 1945 Hare Conditioned 1945 It's Murder She Says... 1945 In the Aleutians 1945 No Buddy Atoll 1945 Fresh Airedale 1945 Trap Happy Porky 1945 The Good Egg 1945 Hell-Bent for Election 1944 Gas 1944 Going Home 1944 A Lecture on Camouflage 1944 Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike 1944 Outpost 1944 Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears 1944 Lost and Foundling 1944 Tom Turk and Daffy 1944 Angel Puss 1944 The Weakly Reporter 1944 From Hand to Mouse 1944 Super-Rabbit 1943 Wackiki Wabbit 1943 Coming!! Snafu 1943 The Infantry Blues 1943 The Aristo-Cat 1943 To Duck.... Or Not to Duck 1943 Spies 1943 Inki and the Minah Bird 1943 Flop Goes the Weasel 1943 Fin'n Catty 1943 The Unbearable Bear 1943 Point Rationing of Foods 1943 Case of the Missing Hare 1942 The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall 1942 My Favorite Duck 1942 Conrad the Sailor 1942 Porky's Cafe 1942 The Bird Came C.O.D. 1942 The Draft Horse 1942 Dog Tired 1942 Hold the Lion, Please 1942 The Squawkin' Hawk 1942 Fox Pop 1942 Porky's Prize Pony 1941 Elmer's Pet Rabbit 1941 Toy Trouble 1941 Snow Time for Comedy 1941 The Brave Little Bat 1941 Joe Glow, the Firefly 1941 Porky's Ant 1941 Porky's Midnight Matinee 1941 Sniffles Bells the Cat 1941 Saddle Silly 1941 Inki and the Lion 1941 Elmer's Candid Camera 1940 Bedtime for Sniffles 1940 Stage Fright 1940 Good Night Elmer 1940 Ghost Wanted 1940 Tom Thumb in Trouble 1940 Mighty Hunters 1940 Sniffles Takes a Trip 1940 The Egg Collector 1940 Old Glory 1939 Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur 1939 Robin Hood Makes Good 1939 Prest-O Change-O 1939 Sniffles and the Bookworm 1939 Dog Gone Modern 1939 The Little Lion Hunter 1939 The Curious Puppy 1939 The Good Egg 1939 Snowman's Land 1939 Naughty But Mice 1939 Little Brother Rat 1939 The Night Watchman 1938
Acting
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox Self (archive footage) 2022 Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! Self (archive footage) 2020 That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace Himself (archive footage) 2014 Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul Himself (Archive Footage) 2012 King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution Self 2012 The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet Self (archive footage) 2011 Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood Self 2009 Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices Himself (archive footage) 2008 Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! Himself 2005 It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’ Himself (archive footage) 2004 Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery Self 2004 Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes Himself 2003 Mark Twain Self (uncredited) 2002 The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002 A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade Himself 2002 Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation Self 2000 The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story Himself 1999 Ducktators Self 1997 Cartoons Go To War Himself 1996 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition Self 1994 The Magical World of Chuck Jones Self 1992 Chuck Amuck: The Movie Himself 1991 Portrait of Tex Avery 1988 Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town Self 1988 Innerspace Supermarket Customer 1987 Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Self 1986 Gremlins Mr. Jones 1984 You Ought to Be in Pictures Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited) 1940
Other Credits
Private SNAFU Golden Classics Director of Operations 2023 Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness Story 2013 Bugs Bunny at the Symphony Animation Director 2010 Daffy Duck for President In Memory Of 2004 Pullet Surprise Producer 1997 Father Of The Bird Producer 1997 Four Rooms Creative Consultant 1995 Peter and the Wolf Executive Consultant 1995 Stay Tuned Animation Supervisor 1992 The Dating Game Thanks 1991 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Animation Director 1990 Tex Avery: King of Cartoons Title Designer 1988 A Chipmunk Christmas Character Designer 1981 The Lorax Storyboard Artist 1972 A Christmas Carol Executive Producer 1971 The Wizard of Id Executive Producer 1971 The Tool Box Executive Producer 1971 The Cat in the Hat Producer 1971 Purr-Chance to Dream Producer 1967 Advance and Be Mechanized Producer 1967
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