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.
Academy Awards
Best Animated Short Film
Known For
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
(1966)
Director
What's Opera, Doc?
(1957)
Director
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
(1979)
Director
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
(1988)
Director
Rabbit Fire
(1951)
Director
The Phantom Tollbooth
(1970)
Director
Duck Amuck
(1953)
Director
Hare Tonic
(1945)
Director
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
(1982)
Director
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
(1983)
Director
Old Glory
(1939)
Director
Wackiki Wabbit
(1943)
Director
The Ducksters
(1950)
Director
No Barking
(1954)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Get Rich Quick Porky
(1937)
Assistant Director
The Night Watchman
(1938)
Director
Porky's Poppa
(1938)
Assistant Director
Old Glory
(1939)
Director
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
(1939)
Director
Robin Hood Makes Good
(1939)
Director
Prest-O Change-O
(1939)
Director
Dog Gone Modern
(1939)
Director
Sniffles and the Bookworm
(1939)
Director
Naughty But Mice
(1939)
Director
The Curious Puppy
(1939)
Director
Snowman's Land
(1939)
Director
Little Brother Rat
(1939)
Director
The Little Lion Hunter
(1939)
Director
The Good Egg
(1939)
Director
Elmer's Candid Camera
(1940)
Director
Bedtime for Sniffles
(1940)
Director
Stage Fright
(1940)
Director
Good Night Elmer
(1940)
Director
Ghost Wanted
(1940)
Director
The Egg Collector
(1940)
Director
Mighty Hunters
(1940)
Director
Sniffles Takes a Trip
(1940)
Director
Tom Thumb in Trouble
(1940)
Director
Porky's Prize Pony
(1941)
Director
Elmer's Pet Rabbit
(1941)
Director
The Brave Little Bat
(1941)
Director
Sniffles Bells the Cat
(1941)
Director
Toy Trouble
(1941)
Director
Porky's Midnight Matinee
(1941)
Director
Joe Glow, the Firefly
(1941)
Director
Inki and the Lion
(1941)
Director
Saddle Silly
(1941)
Director
Snow Time for Comedy
(1941)
Director
Porky's Ant
(1941)
Director
Case of the Missing Hare
(1942)
Director
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
(1942)
Director
My Favorite Duck
(1942)
Director
Porky's Cafe
(1942)
Director
Conrad the Sailor
(1942)
Director
The Bird Came C.O.D.
(1942)
Director
The Draft Horse
(1942)
Director
Dog Tired
(1942)
Director
Hold the Lion, Please
(1942)
Director
The Squawkin' Hawk
(1942)
Director
Fox Pop
(1942)
Director
Super-Rabbit
(1943)
Director
Wackiki Wabbit
(1943)
Director
Coming!! Snafu
(1943)
Director
The Infantry Blues
(1943)
Director
The Aristo-Cat
(1943)
Director
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
(1943)
Director
Spies
(1943)
Director
The Unbearable Bear
(1943)
Director
Flop Goes the Weasel
(1943)
Director
Inki and the Minah Bird
(1943)
Director
Fin'n Catty
(1943)
Director
Point Rationing of Foods
(1943)
Director
Hell-Bent for Election
(1944)
Director
Gas
(1944)
Director
Going Home
(1944)
Director
A Lecture on Camouflage
(1944)
Director
Outpost
(1944)
Director
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
(1944)
Director
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
(1944)
Director
Lost and Foundling
(1944)
Director
Tom Turk and Daffy
(1944)
Director
Angel Puss
(1944)
Director
The Weakly Reporter
(1944)
Director
From Hand to Mouse
(1944)
Director
Hare Tonic
(1945)
Director
Odor-Able Kitty
(1945)
Director
Hare Conditioned
(1945)
Director
In the Aleutians
(1945)
Director
It's Murder She Says...
(1945)
Director
No Buddy Atoll
(1945)
Director
Fresh Airedale
(1945)
Director
Trap Happy Porky
(1945)
Director
The Good Egg
(1945)
Director
Hair-Raising Hare
(1946)
Director
Roughly Squeaking
(1946)
Director
Hush My Mouse
(1946)
Director
The Eager Beaver
(1946)
Director
Quentin Quail
(1946)
Director
Fair and Worm-er
(1946)
Director
A Pest in the House
(1947)
Director
House Hunting Mice
(1947)
Director
Inki at the Circus
(1947)
Director
Little Orphan Airedale
(1947)
Director
Scent-imental Over You
(1947)
Director
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea
(1948)
Director
Haredevil Hare
(1948)
Director
Scaredy Cat
(1948)
Director
Rabbit Punch
(1948)
Director
Daffy Dilly
(1948)
Director
You Were Never Duckier
(1948)
Director
A Feather in His Hare
(1948)
Director
What's Brewin', Bruin?
(1948)
Director
Long-Haired Hare
(1949)
Director
For Scent-imental Reasons
(1949)
Director
Fast and Furry-ous
(1949)
Director
Awful Orphan
(1949)
Director
Rabbit Hood
(1949)
Director
Mississippi Hare
(1949)
Director
Bear Feat
(1949)
Director
Frigid Hare
(1949)
Director
So Much for So Little
(1949)
Director
Mouse Wreckers
(1949)
Director
Often an Orphan
(1949)
Director
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
(1949)
Director
Rabbit of Seville
(1950)
Director
8 Ball Bunny
(1950)
Director
Homeless Hare
(1950)
Director
The Ducksters
(1950)
Director
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
(1950)
Director
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
(1950)
Director
Dog Gone South
(1950)
Director
Caveman Inki
(1950)
Director
Two's a Crowd
(1950)
Director
A Bear for Punishment
(1951)
Director
Rabbit Fire
(1951)
Director
Chow Hound
(1951)
Director
The Wearing of the Grin
(1951)
Director
Drip-Along Daffy
(1951)
Director
Bunny Hugged
(1951)
Director
Cheese Chasers
(1951)
Director
Scent-imental Romeo
(1951)
Director
His Hare Raising Tale
(1951)
Director
A Hound for Trouble
(1951)
Director
Rabbit Seasoning
(1952)
Director
Water, Water Every Hare
(1952)
Director
Feed the Kitty
(1952)
Director
The Hasty Hare
(1952)
Director
Operation: Rabbit
(1952)
Director
Going! Going! Gosh!
(1952)
Director
Terrier-Stricken
(1952)
Director
Little Beau Pepé
(1952)
Director
Mouse-Warming
(1952)
Director
Beep, Beep
(1952)
Director
Orange Blossoms for Violet
(1952)
Director
Bully for Bugs
(1953)
Director
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
(1953)
Director
Duck Amuck
(1953)
Director
Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
(1953)
Director
Kiss Me Cat
(1953)
Director
Forward March Hare
(1953)
Director
Lumber Jack-Rabbit
(1953)
Director
Don't Give Up the Sheep
(1953)
Director
Zipping Along
(1953)
Director
Much Ado About Nutting
(1953)
Director
Punch Trunk
(1953)
Director
Wild Over You
(1953)
Director
Bewitched Bunny
(1954)
Director
Feline Frame-Up
(1954)
Director
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
(1954)
Director
Baby Buggy Bunny
(1954)
Director
No Barking
(1954)
Director
Claws for Alarm
(1954)
Director
The Cats Bah
(1954)
Director
Stop! Look! and Hasten!
(1954)
Director
My Little Duckaroo
(1954)
Director
Sheep Ahoy
(1954)
Director
One Froggy Evening
(1955)
Director
A Hitch in Time
(1955)
Director
Jumpin' Jupiter
(1955)
Director
Knight-Mare Hare
(1955)
Director
Rabbit Rampage
(1955)
Director
Beanstalk Bunny
(1955)
Director
Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
(1955)
Director
Guided Muscle
(1955)
Director
Past Perfumance
(1955)
Director
Double or Mutton
(1955)
Director
Two Scent's Worth
(1955)
Director
90 Day Wondering
(1956)
Director
Broom-Stick Bunny
(1956)
Director
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
(1956)
Director
Rocket Squad
(1956)
Director
Barbary-Coast Bunny
(1956)
Director
Bugs' Bonnets
(1956)
Director
To Hare Is Human
(1956)
Director
Heaven Scent
(1956)
Director
There They Go-Go-Go!
(1956)
Director
Deduce, You Say
(1956)
Director
Rocket-bye Baby
(1956)
Director
What's Opera, Doc?
(1957)
Director
Boyhood Daze
(1957)
Director
Drafty, Isn't It?
(1957)
Director
Steal Wool
(1957)
Director
Ali Baba Bunny
(1957)
Director
Scrambled Aches
(1957)
Director
Zoom and Bored
(1957)
Director
Go Fly a Kit
(1957)
Director
Touché and Go
(1957)
Director
Hare-Way to the Stars
(1958)
Director
Robin Hood Daffy
(1958)
Director
Cat Feud
(1958)
Director
Hook, Line and Stinker
(1958)
Director
Whoa, Be-Gone!
(1958)
Director
To Itch His Own
(1958)
Director
Hip Hip-Hurry!
(1958)
Director
Woah, Be-Gone!
(1958)
Director
Baton Bunny
(1959)
Director
Hare-Abian Nights
(1959)
Director
Wild About Hurry
(1959)
Director
Hot-Rod and Reel!
(1959)
Director
Rabbit's Feat
(1960)
Director
High Note
(1960)
Director
Hopalong Casualty
(1960)
Director
Ready, Woolen and Able
(1960)
Director
Who Scent You?
(1960)
Director
Fastest with the Mostest
(1960)
Director
The Abominable Snow Rabbit
(1961)
Director
Compressed Hare
(1961)
Director
Nelly's Folly
(1961)
Director
The Mouse on 57th Street
(1961)
Director
A Scent of the Matterhorn
(1961)
Director
Beep Prepared
(1961)
Director
Lickety-Splat
(1961)
Director
Zip 'n Snort
(1961)
Director
Bad-Time Story
(1961)
Director
A Sheep in the Deep
(1962)
Director
Zoom at the Top
(1962)
Director
Martian Through Georgia
(1962)
Director
Louvre Come Back to Me!
(1962)
Director
Adventures of the Road-Runner
(1962)
Director
Transylvania 6-5000
(1963)
Director
To Beep or Not to Beep
(1963)
Director
Mad as a Mars Hare
(1963)
Director
Now Hear This
(1963)
Director
Hare-Breadth Hurry
(1963)
Director
Pent-House Mouse
(1963)
Director
I Was a Teenage Thumb
(1963)
Director
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
(1964)
Director
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
(1964)
Director
Much Ado About Mousing
(1964)
Director
Snowbody Loves Me
(1964)
Director
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
(1964)
Director
War and Pieces
(1964)
Director
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
(1965)
Director
The Cat's Me-Ouch
(1965)
Director
Tom-ic Energy
(1965)
Director
Bad Day at Cat Rock
(1965)
Director
Zip Zip Hooray!
(1965)
Director
Roadrunner a Go-Go
(1965)
Director
Of Feline Bondage
(1965)
Director
Haunted Mouse
(1965)
Director
The Year of the Mouse
(1965)
Director
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
(1965)
Director
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
(1965)
Director
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
(1966)
Director
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
(1966)
Director
Love Me, Love My Mouse
(1966)
Director
Duel Personality
(1966)
Director
The Bear That Wasn't
(1967)
Director
Cat and Dupli-cat
(1967)
Director
Cannery Rodent
(1967)
Director
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
(1969)
Director
Horton Hears a Who!
(1970)
Director
The Phantom Tollbooth
(1970)
Director
A Very Merry Cricket
(1973)
Director
Man: The Polluter
(1973)
Director
A Cricket in Times Square
(1973)
Director
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
(1975)
Director
The White Seal
(1975)
Director
Yankee Doodle Cricket
(1975)
Director
Carnival of the Animals
(1976)
Director
Mowgli's Brothers
(1976)
Director
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
(1977)
Director
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
(1977)
Director
Bugs Bunny in Space
(1977)
Director
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
(1978)
Director
A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court
(1978)
Director
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
(1978)
Director
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
(1979)
Director
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
(1979)
Director
Freeze Frame
(1979)
Director
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
(1979)
Director
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
(1979)
Director
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
(1980)
Director
Spaced Out Bunny
(1980)
Director
Soup or Sonic
(1980)
Director
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny
(1980)
Director
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
(1980)
Director
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
(1980)
Director
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
(1980)
Director
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
(1982)
Director
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
(1982)
Director
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
(1983)
Director
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
(1988)
Director
The Cartoon Collection
(1988)
Director
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
(1991)
Director
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
(1991)
Director
Chariots of Fur
(1994)
Director
Another Froggy Evening
(1995)
Director
Superior Duck
(1996)
Director
From Hare to Eternity
(1997)
Director
Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
(1998)
Director
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
(1998)
Director
Looney Tunes All Stars
(1999)
Director
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
(2003)
Director
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol:2
(2004)
Director
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
(2007)
Director
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
(2010)
Director
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
(2010)
Director
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
(2010)
Director
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
(2011)
Director
Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
(2012)
Director
A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
(2014)
Director
Acting
You Ought to Be in Pictures
(1940)
Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
(1969)
Porky Pine / Bun Rab / Basil the Butterfly
Horton Hears a Who!
(1970)
Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
Gremlins
(1984)
Mr. Jones
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
(1986)
Self
Innerspace
(1987)
Supermarket Customer
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
(1988)
Himself
Portrait of Tex Avery
(1988)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
(1988)
Self
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
(1991)
Himself
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
(1992)
Self
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
(1994)
Self
Cartoons Go To War
(1996)
self
Ducktators
(1997)
Self
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
(1999)
Himself
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
(2000)
Self
Mark Twain
(2002)
Self (uncredited)
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
(2002)
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
(2002)
Himself
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
(2003)
Self
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
(2004)
Himself (archive footage)
Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery
(2004)
Self
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
(2005)
Self
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
(2007)
Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
(2008)
Himself (archive footage)
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
(2009)
Self
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
(2012)
Himself
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
(2012)
Himself (Archive Footage)
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
(2014)
Himself (archive footage)
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Visual Effects
The Girl at the Ironing Board
(1934)
Animation
Hollywood Capers
(1935)
Animation
My Green Fedora
(1935)
Animation
I Love to Singa
(1936)
Animation
Page Miss Glory
(1936)
Animation
Milk and Money
(1936)
Animation
Porky and Gabby
(1937)
Animation
Porky's Super Service
(1937)
Animation
Picador Porky
(1937)
Animation
Porky's Hero Agency
(1937)
Animation
Porky's Five & Ten
(1938)
Animation
A Chipmunk Christmas
(1981)
Character Designer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(1990)
Animation Director
Stay Tuned
(1992)
Animation Supervisor
Mrs. Doubtfire
(1993)
Animation
Peter and the Wolf
(1995)
Character Designer
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
(2010)
Animation Director
Writing
Point Rationing of Foods
(1943)
Writer
So Much for So Little
(1949)
Writer
Orange Blossoms for Violet
(1952)
Writer
A Hitch in Time
(1955)
Writer
Two Scent's Worth
(1955)
Story
90 Day Wondering
(1956)
Writer
Drafty, Isn't It?
(1957)
Writer
Hopalong Casualty
(1960)
Story
Zip 'n Snort
(1961)
Story
Beep Prepared
(1961)
Screenplay
A Scent of the Matterhorn
(1961)
Story
Gay Purr-ee
(1962)
Writer
Adventures of the Road-Runner
(1962)
Story
To Beep or Not to Beep
(1963)
Story
Pent-House Mouse
(1963)
Story
Now Hear This
(1963)
Story
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
(1964)
Story
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
(1964)
Story
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
(1964)
Story
Of Feline Bondage
(1965)
Story
Tom-ic Energy
(1965)
Story
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
(1965)
Story
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
(1965)
Story
Haunted Mouse
(1965)
Story
Duel Personality
(1966)
Story
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
(1966)
Story
Cat and Dupli-cat
(1967)
Story
The Phantom Tollbooth
(1970)
Screenplay
A Cricket in Times Square
(1973)
Writer
A Very Merry Cricket
(1973)
Writer
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
(1975)
Writer
The White Seal
(1975)
Writer
Yankee Doodle Cricket
(1975)
Writer
Carnival of the Animals
(1976)
Writer
Mowgli's Brothers
(1976)
Writer
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
(1978)
Writer
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
(1979)
Writer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
(1979)
Writer
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
(1980)
Story
Spaced Out Bunny
(1980)
Writer
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
(1980)
Writer
Another Froggy Evening
(1995)
Writer
Superior Duck
(1996)
Story
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
(1998)
Story
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness
(2013)
Story
A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
(2014)
Writer
Art
Bachelor in Paradise
(1961)
Title Designer
The Lorax
(1972)
Storyboard Artist
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
(1988)
Title Designer
Production
Pent-House Mouse
(1963)
Producer
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
(1964)
Producer
Much Ado About Mousing
(1964)
Producer
Snowbody Loves Me
(1964)
Producer
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
(1964)
Producer
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
(1964)
Producer
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
(1965)
Producer
Of Feline Bondage
(1965)
Producer
Tom-ic Energy
(1965)
Producer
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
(1965)
Producer
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
(1965)
Producer
Haunted Mouse
(1965)
Producer
Catty-Cornered
(1966)
Producer
Duel Personality
(1966)
Producer
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
(1966)
Producer
Love Me, Love My Mouse
(1966)
Producer
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
(1966)
Producer
The Bear That Wasn't
(1967)
Producer
Guided Mouse-Ille
(1967)
Producer
Advance and Be Mechanized
(1967)
Producer
Cat and Dupli-cat
(1967)
Producer
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
(1969)
Producer
Horton Hears a Who!
(1970)
Producer
The Phantom Tollbooth
(1970)
Producer
The Cat in the Hat
(1971)
Producer
The Wizard of Id
(1971)
Executive Producer
A Christmas Carol
(1971)
Executive Producer
A Cricket in Times Square
(1973)
Producer
A Very Merry Cricket
(1973)
Producer
Yankee Doodle Cricket
(1975)
Producer
Carnival of the Animals
(1976)
Producer
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
(1979)
Producer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
(1979)
Producer
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
(1980)
Producer
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
(1980)
Producer
Peter and the Wolf
(1995)
Executive Consultant
Superior Duck
(1996)
Producer
Father Of The Bird
(1997)
Producer
From Hare to Eternity
(1997)
Producer
Pullet Surprise
(1997)
Producer
Crew