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' other works was the famous "Hunting Trilogy" of Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1951–1953). After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Productions, which created several one-shot specials, and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works.
Directed 307
2020s
- 2020
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Director
2010s
- 2014
A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
Director
- 2012
Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
Director
- 2011
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
Director
- 2010
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Director
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Director
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Director
2000s
- 2007
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
Director
- 2003
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Director
1990s
- 1999
Looney Tunes All Stars
Director
- 1998
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Director
Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
Director
- 1997
From Hare to Eternity
Director
- 1996
Superior Duck
Director
- 1995
Another Froggy Evening
Director
- 1994
Chariots of Fur
Director
- 1991
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Director
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
Director
1980s
- 1988
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Director
- 1985
Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase
Director
- 1983
- 1982
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
Director
- 1980
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Director
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Director
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
Director
Spaced Out Bunny
Director
Soup or Sonic
Director
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny
Director
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Director
1970s
- 1979
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Director
Freeze Frame
Director
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
Director
The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Director
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Director
- 1978
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Director
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Director
A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court
Director
- 1977
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
Director
Bugs Bunny in Space
Director
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
Director
- 1976
Carnival of the Animals
Director
Mowgli's Brothers
Director
- 1975
The White Seal
Director
Yankee Doodle Cricket
Director
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Director
- 1973
A Very Merry Cricket
Director
Man: The Polluter
Director
A Cricket in Times Square
Director
- 1970
The Phantom Tollbooth
Director
Horton Hears a Who!
Director
1960s
- 1969
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Director
- 1967
The Bear That Wasn't
Director
Cannery Rodent
Director
Cat and Dupli-cat
Director
- 1966
Love Me, Love My Mouse
Director
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Director
Duel Personality
Director
- 1965
The Cat's Me-Ouch
Director
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Director
Zip Zip Hooray!
Director
The Year of the Mouse
Director
Of Feline Bondage
Director
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Director
Haunted Mouse
Director
Bad Day at Cat Rock
Director
Roadrunner a Go-Go
Director
Tom-ic Energy
Director
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Director
- 1964
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Director
War and Pieces
Director
Snowbody Loves Me
Director
Much Ado About Mousing
Director
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Director
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Director
- 1963
To Beep or Not to Beep
Director
Transylvania 6-5000
Director
Mad as a Mars Hare
Director
Pent-House Mouse
Director
Hare-Breadth Hurry
Director
Now Hear This
Director
I Was a Teenage Thumb
Director
- 1962
Martian Through Georgia
Director
Louvre Come Back to Me!
Director
Zoom at the Top
Director
Adventures of the Road-Runner
Director
A Sheep in the Deep
Director
- 1961
Nelly's Folly
Director
Beep Prepared
Director
Compressed Hare
Director
A Scent of the Matterhorn
Director
Lickety-Splat
Director
The Abominable Snow Rabbit
Director
The Mouse on 57th Street
Director
Zip 'n Snort
Director
Bad-Time Story
Director
- 1960
High Note
Director
Hopalong Casualty
Director
Ready, Woolen and Able
Director
Rabbit's Feat
Director
Who Scent You?
Director
Fastest with the Mostest
Director
1950s
- 1959
Wild About Hurry
Director
Hot-Rod and Reel!
Director
Hare-abian Nights
Director
Baton Bunny
Director
- 1958
Cat Feud
Director
Hip Hip-Hurry!
Director
Hook, Line and Stinker
Director
To Itch His Own
Director
Whoa, Be-Gone!
Director
Hare-Way to the Stars
Director
Robin Hood Daffy
Director
- 1957
Drafty, Isn't It?
Director
Touché and Go
Director
What's Opera, Doc?
Director
Steal Wool
Director
Boyhood Daze
Director
Ali Baba Bunny
Director
Go Fly a Kit
Director
Scrambled Aches
Director
- 1956
To Hare Is Human
Director
90 Day Wondering
Director
There They Go-Go-Go!
Director
Deduce, You Say
Director
Rocket-bye Baby
Director
Barbary-Coast Bunny
Director
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
Director
Heaven Scent
Director
Rocket Squad
Director
Broom-Stick Bunny
Director
Bugs' Bonnets
Director
- 1955
One Froggy Evening
Director
Guided Muscle
Director
Two Scent's Worth
Director
Knight-Mare Hare
Director
Jumpin' Jupiter
Director
Double or Mutton
Director
Rabbit Rampage
Director
Past Perfumance
Director
Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
Director
Beanstalk Bunny
Director
A Hitch in Time
Director
- 1954
Baby Buggy Bunny
Director
Sheep Ahoy
Director
My Little Duckaroo
Director
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Director
Stop! Look! and Hasten!
Director
Bewitched Bunny
Director
The Cats Bah
Director
No Barking
Director
Feline Frame-Up
Director
- 1953
Punch Trunk
Director
Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
Director
Lumber Jack-Rabbit
Director
Zipping Along
Director
Bully for Bugs
Director
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Director
Wild Over You
Director
Much Ado About Nutting
Director
Duck Amuck
Director
Kiss Me Cat
Director
Forward March Hare
Director
Don't Give Up the Sheep
Director
- 1952
Terrier-Stricken
Director
Rabbit Seasoning
Director
Mouse-Warming
Director
Going! Going! Gosh!
Director
The Hasty Hare
Director
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Director
Beep, Beep
Director
Water, Water Every Hare
Director
Little Beau Pepé
Director
Feed the Kitty
Director
Operation: Rabbit
Director
- 1951
Drip-Along Daffy
Director
A Bear for Punishment
Director
Cheese Chasers
Director
His Hare Raising Tale
Director
The Wearing of the Grin
Director
Chow Hound
Director
Rabbit Fire
Director
A Hound for Trouble
Director
Scent-imental Romeo
Director
Bunny Hugged
Director
- 1950
Two's a Crowd
Director
Rabbit of Seville
Director
Caveman Inki
Director
The Ducksters
Director
Dog Gone South
Director
8 Ball Bunny
Director
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
Director
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Director
Homeless Hare
Director
1940s
- 1949
Rabbit Hood
Director
Bear Feat
Director
For Scent-imental Reasons
Director
Frigid Hare
Director
Fast and Furry-ous
Director
Often an Orphan
Director
Long-Haired Hare
Director
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Director
Mouse Wreckers
Director
So Much for So Little
Director
Mississippi Hare
Director
Awful Orphan
Director
- 1948
Scaredy Cat
Director
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea
Director
Daffy Dilly
Director
You Were Never Duckier
Director
Haredevil Hare
Director
Rabbit Punch
Director
What's Brewin', Bruin?
Director
A Feather in His Hare
Director
- 1947
Little Orphan Airedale
Director
House Hunting Mice
Director
A Pest in the House
Director
Inki at the Circus
Director
Scent-imental Over You
Director
- 1946
Roughly Squeaking
Director
Fair and Worm-er
Director
The Eager Beaver
Director
Hair-Raising Hare
Director
Hush My Mouse
Director
Quentin Quail
Director
- 1945
The Good Egg
Director
Hare Tonic
Director
No Buddy Atoll
Director
Fresh Airedale
Director
Hare Conditioned
Director
It's Murder She Says...
Director
Trap Happy Porky
Director
In the Aleutians
Director
Odor-Able Kitty
Director
- 1944
Lost and Foundling
Director
Outpost
Director
From Hand to Mouse
Director
Hell-Bent for Election
Director
Angel Puss
Director
Gas
Director
A Lecture on Camouflage
Director
The Weakly Reporter
Director
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
Director
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Director
Tom Turk and Daffy
Director
Going Home
Director
- 1943
Inki and the Minah Bird
Director
Fin'n Catty
Director
The Infantry Blues
Director
Spies
Director
Wackiki Wabbit
Director
The Aristo-Cat
Director
Coming!! Snafu
Director
The Unbearable Bear
Director
Super-Rabbit
Director
Flop Goes the Weasel
Director
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
Director
Point Rationing of Foods
Director
- 1942
Case of the Missing Hare
Director
My Favorite Duck
Director
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Director
Fox Pop
Director
The Squawkin' Hawk
Director
Hold the Lion, Please
Director
The Draft Horse
Director
Dog Tired
Director
Conrad the Sailor
Director
Porky's Cafe
Director
The Bird Came C.O.D.
Director
- 1941
Porky's Midnight Matinee
Director
Saddle Silly
Director
The Brave Little Bat
Director
Snow Time for Comedy
Director
Inki and the Lion
Director
Porky's Prize Pony
Director
Toy Trouble
Director
Porky's Ant
Director
Joe Glow, the Firefly
Director
Sniffles Bells the Cat
Director
Elmer's Pet Rabbit
Director
- 1940
Bedtime for Sniffles
Director
Good Night Elmer
Director
Stage Fright
Director
Ghost Wanted
Director
The Egg Collector
Director
Tom Thumb in Trouble
Director
Sniffles Takes a Trip
Director
Elmer's Candid Camera
Director
Mighty Hunters
Director
1930s
- 1939
The Curious Puppy
Director
Sniffles and the Bookworm
Director
The Good Egg
Director
The Little Lion Hunter
Director
Little Brother Rat
Director
Snowman's Land
Director
Old Glory
Director
Naughty But Mice
Director
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Director
Prest-O Change-O
Director
Robin Hood Makes Good
Director
Dog Gone Modern
Director
- 1938
The Night Watchman
Director
Porky's Poppa
Assistant Director
- 1937
Get Rich Quick Porky
Assistant Director
Wrote 52
2010s
- 2014
A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
Writer
- 2013
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness
Story
2000s
- 2001
Timber Wolf
Writer
1990s
- 1998
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Story
- 1996
Superior Duck
Story
- 1995
Another Froggy Evening
Writer
- 1994
Chariots of Fur
Story
1980s
- 1980
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Story
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Writer
Spaced Out Bunny
Writer
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Writer
1970s
- 1979
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Writer
The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Writer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Writer
- 1978
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Writer
- 1976
Carnival of the Animals
Writer
Mowgli's Brothers
Writer
- 1975
The White Seal
Writer
Yankee Doodle Cricket
Writer
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Writer
- 1973
A Very Merry Cricket
Writer
A Cricket in Times Square
Writer
- 1970
The Phantom Tollbooth
Screenplay
1960s
- 1967
Cat and Dupli-cat
Story
- 1966
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Story
Duel Personality
Story
- 1965
Of Feline Bondage
Story
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Story
Haunted Mouse
Story
Tom-ic Energy
Story
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Story
- 1964
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Story
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Story
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Story
- 1963
To Beep or Not to Beep
Story
Pent-House Mouse
Story
Now Hear This
Story
- 1962
Adventures of the Road-Runner
Story
- 1961
Nelly's Folly
Story
Beep Prepared
Screenplay
A Scent of the Matterhorn
Story
Zip 'n Snort
Story
- 1960
Hopalong Casualty
Story
1950s
- 1957
Drafty, Isn't It?
Writer
- 1956
90 Day Wondering
Writer
Heaven Scent
Story
- 1955
Two Scent's Worth
Story
A Hitch in Time
Writer
- 1952
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Writer
1940s
- 1949
So Much for So Little
Writer
- 1943
Point Rationing of Foods
Writer
Produced 49
2020s
- 2023
Private SNAFU Golden Classics
Director of Operations
2000s
- 2001
Timber Wolf
Producer
1990s
- 1997
From Hare to Eternity
Producer
Pullet Surprise
Producer
Father Of The Bird
Producer
- 1996
Superior Duck
Producer
- 1995
Peter and the Wolf
Executive Consultant
- 1994
Chariots of Fur
Producer
1980s
- 1980
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Producer
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Producer
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Producer
1970s
- 1979
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Producer
The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Producer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Producer
- 1978
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Producer
- 1976
Carnival of the Animals
Producer
- 1975
Yankee Doodle Cricket
Producer
- 1973
A Very Merry Cricket
Producer
A Cricket in Times Square
Producer
- 1971
A Christmas Carol
Executive Producer
The Wizard of Id
Executive Producer
The Cat in the Hat
Producer
- 1970
The Phantom Tollbooth
Producer
Horton Hears a Who!
Producer
1960s
- 1969
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Producer
- 1967
The Bear That Wasn't
Producer
Purr-Chance to Dream
Producer
Advance and Be Mechanized
Producer
The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
Producer
Guided Mouse-Ille
Producer
Cat and Dupli-cat
Producer
- 1966
Catty-Cornered
Producer
Love Me, Love My Mouse
Producer
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Producer
Duel Personality
Producer
- 1965
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Producer
Of Feline Bondage
Producer
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Producer
Haunted Mouse
Producer
Tom-ic Energy
Producer
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Producer
- 1964
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Producer
Snowbody Loves Me
Producer
Much Ado About Mousing
Producer
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Producer
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Producer
- 1963
Pent-House Mouse
Producer
1940s
- 1940
Tom & Jerry
Producer
Visual effects 21
2010s
- 2010
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Animation Director
1990s
- 1995
Peter and the Wolf
Character Designer
- 1992
- 1990
1980s
- 1981
A Chipmunk Christmas
Character Designer
1930s
- 1938
Porky's Five & Ten
Animation
- 1937
Porky's Hero Agency
Animation
Rover's Rival
Animation
Porky's Super Service
Animation
Porky and Gabby
Animation
I Only Have Eyes for You
Animation
Picador Porky
Animation
Porky the Wrestler
Animation
- 1936
Milk and Money
Animation
I Love to Singa
Animation
Page Miss Glory
Animation
- 1935
Hollywood Capers
Animation
My Green Fedora
Animation
- 1934
Those Beautiful Dames
Animation
The Girl at the Ironing Board
Animation
- 1931
The Soup Song
Animation
Acted in 9
1980s
- 1988
Portrait of Tex Avery
Movie
- 1987
- 1986
- 1984
1970s
- 1970
The Phantom Tollbooth
Cable Car Passenger (uncredited)
Horton Hears a Who!
Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
1960s
- 1969
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Porky Pine / Bun Rab / Basil the Butterfly (voice)
- 1967
1940s
- 1940
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Art department 6
2000s
- 2001
Timber Wolf
Storyboard Artist
1980s
- 1988
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Title Designer
1970s
- 1971
The Cat in the Hat
Storyboard Artist
- 1970
Horton Hears a Who!
Storyboard Artist
1960s
- 1966
- 1961
Bachelor in Paradise
Title Designer
Other crew 3
2000s
- 2004
Daffy Duck for President
In Memory Of
1990s
- 1995
1980s
- 1981
A Chipmunk Christmas
Creative Consultant
Created 3
2000s
- 2001
Timber Wolf
Creator
1940s
- 1940
Looney Tunes
Creator
Tom & Jerry
Creator
Appearances25
2020s
- 2022
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
Self (archive footage)
- 2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2014
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
Himself (archive footage)
- 2012
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self
- 2011
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Self
- 2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Himself (archive footage)
- 2003
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Himself
- 2002
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
Himself
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark Twain
Self (uncredited)
Mark Twain
self · 2 episodes
- 2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
1990s
- 1999
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
- 1997
Ducktators
Self
- 1996
Cartoons Go To War
Himself
- 1994
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Self
- 1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
- 1991
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
Himself
- 1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
1980s
- 1988
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Himself
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self – Interviewee
- 1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1950s
- 1953
No release date
Camera Three
Self · 1 episode
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2003
