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Chuck Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films. He is best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was also the creator of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote characters. Jones was born in Spokane, Washington, on September 21, 1912. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, California, and began his career in animation in 1932. He worked for Ub Iwerks and then for Walt Disney Studios, where he worked on the Silly Symphonies series. In 1936, Jones joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became Warner Bros. Cartoons. He worked on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, creating some of the most iconic characters in animation history, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, and Pepe Le Pew. In addition to his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, Jones also directed several feature-length animated films, including The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), The Dot and the Line (1965), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966). Throughout his career, Jones won three Academy Awards, including the Academy Honorary Award in 1996. He was also inducted into the Animation Hall of Fame in 1989. Chuck Jones died on February 22, 2002, at the age of 89.

Popular As Charles Martin Jones (Chuck, The Father of Contemporary Animation)
Occupation animation_department,director,writer
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 21 September 1912
Birthday 21 September
Birthplace Spokane, Washington, USA
Date of death 22 February, 2002
Died Place Corona Del Mar, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Chuck Jones's Wife?

His wife is Marian Dern (14 January 1983 - 22 February 2002) ( his death), Dorothy Jones (31 January 1935 - 28 February 1978) ( her death) ( 1 child)

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Wife Marian Dern (14 January 1983 - 22 February 2002) ( his death), Dorothy Jones (31 January 1935 - 28 February 1978) ( her death) ( 1 child)
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Chuck Jones Net Worth

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Source of Income Animation Department

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1997

Interviewed in Peter Bogdanovich's "Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Chuck Jones, Fritz Lang, Joseph H. Lewis, Sidney Lumet, Leo McCarey, Otto Preminger, Don Siegel, Josef von Sternberg, Frank Tashlin, Edgar G. Ulmer, Raoul Walsh." NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

1995

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7011 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 13, 1995.

1962

When Chuck Jones worked on Gay Purr-ee (1962) for UPA, he was in violation of his exclusive contract with Warner Bros. When Warner Bros. picked up the film from UPA for distribution, they discovered his work on the film and fired him, resulting in his departure for MGM.

1953

He has directed three films have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Duck Amuck (1953), One Froggy Evening (1955) and What's Opera, Doc? (1957).