Chuck Jones
Biography
Chuck Jones was an American animator and filmmaker who worked on Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, directing many classic cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, and the Road Runner. Born in Spokane, Washington, he started at Leon Schlesinger Productions in 1933 as an assistant animator and later ran his own unit. During World War II he directed Private Snafu cartoons, and after leaving Warner Bros. in 1962 he produced Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM and directed How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1966. His short The Dot and the Line won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and he received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996. Later credits included The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) and the documentary Chuck Jones: Extremes and Inbetweens, A Life in Animation (2000).
89years old at death
- Born Spokane
- Died Corona del Mar
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Charles Martin Jones (birth name)Also credited as Charles M. Jones, Charles Jones and Chas. Jones
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 30 years1970 to 2000
Every film, newest first
- 2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationIMDb rating 7.7
- 1999The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks StoryIMDb rating 7.7
- 1970The Phantom TollboothIMDb rating 6.8
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First role
After finishing at Chouinard Art Institute, Jones got a call from his friend Fred Kopietz, who worked for Ub Iwerks' studio Animated Pictures, and was offered a job there.
Big break
Jones worked as an animator and uncredited co-director before he became a main director in 1938, after Frank Tashlin left the studio. The position had first been offered to animator Robert McKimson.
A first
Jones directed The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, which came out in 1979. It was the first Looney Tunes compilation to run at feature length in animation.
Behind the award
Jones directed For Scent-imental Reasons and So Much for So Little, two Warner Brothers cartoons that took home Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film. Back then the statuette usually went to the producer, so Jones had to wait until The Dot and the Line in 1966 for his own Oscar in that category.
Behind the award
In 1996, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors gave Jones an Honorary Academy Award for creating classic cartoons and cartoon characters. Robin Williams presented the award to Jones at that year's show.
A first
The next year, Jones made his first major character, a cute Disney-style mouse named Sniffles. That mouse later appeared in twelve Warner Bros. cartoons.
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Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
June Foray's page
John Lasseter's page
Leonard Maltin's page
Awards
Seven awards and honors from 1966 to 1996, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1996 | Honorary Award | Honorary | |
| 1966 | Best Animated Short Film | The Dot and the Line | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 1974 | Inkpot Award | Won | |
| 1974 | Winsor McCay Award | Won | |
| 38th Academy Awards | Won | ||
| Edward MacDowell Medal | Won | ||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.