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 Whats 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 19511953 After his career at Warner Bros ended in 1962 Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for MetroGoldwynMayer 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 oneshot specials and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works
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