Friz Freleng

Isadore Friz Freleng 19061995 sometimes credited as I Freleng was an American animator cartoonist director and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros He introduced andor developed several of the studios biggest stars including Bugs Bunny Porky Pig Tweety Bird Sylvester the cat Yosemite Sam to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance and Speedy Gonzales The senior director at Warners Termite Terrace studio Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio a total of 266 and is also the most honored of the Warner directors having won four Academy Awards After Warners shut down the animation studio in 1963 Freleng and business partner David H DePatie founded DePatieFreleng Enterprises which produced cartoons notably The Pink Panther Show feature film title sequences and Saturday morning cartoons through the early 1980s The nickname Friz came from his friend Hugh Harman who initially nicknamed him Congressman Frizby after a fictional senator that was in articles in the Los Angeles Examiner Over time this shortened to Friz

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D.O.B: 1906-08-21
D.O.D: 1995-05-26
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Profession: director

Credits

1991 - Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes director -

1988 - Daffy Duck's Quackbusters director -

1983 - Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island director -

1982 - Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales director -

1982 - Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television director -

1981 - Bugs Bunny: All American Hero director -

1981 - The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie director -

1980 - The Yolks on You director -

1980 - Pink Panther in Olym-pinks director -

1980 - Daffy Flies North director -

1980 - The Chocolate Chase director -

1980 - The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special director -

1980 - Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special director -

1979 - Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales director -

1979 - Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol director -

1979 - The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special director -

1978 - How Bugs Bunny Won the West director -

1977 - Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies director -

1977 - Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special director -

1975 - Bugs Bunny: Superstar actor - Himself

1971 - Pink-In director -

1966 - Pink-A-Boo director -

1965 - The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation director -

1965 - Pink Ice director -

1965 - Pickled Pink director -

1965 - It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House director -

1965 - Cats and Bruises director -

1965 - The Wild Chase director -

1965 - Shocking Pink director -

1965 - Dial 'P' for Pink director -

1965 - Sink Pink director -

1965 - The Pink Tail Fly director -

1965 - Pinkfinger director -

1964 - Road to Andalay director -

1964 - Pink Pajamas director -

1964 - The Pink Phink director -

1964 - We Give Pink Stamps director -

1964 - Nuts and Volts director -

1964 - Pancho's Hideaway director -

1963 - Devil's Feud Cake director -

1963 - Mexican Cat Dance director -

1963 - The Unmentionables director -

1963 - Chili Weather director -

1962 - The Jet Cage director -

1962 - Shishkabugs director -

1962 - Crows' Feat director -

1962 - Mexican Boarders director -

1962 - Honey's Money director -

1961 - D' Fightin' Ones director -

1961 - Rebel Without Claws director -

1961 - The Last Hungry Cat director -

1961 - The Pied Piper of Guadalupe director -

1961 - Prince Violent director -

1960 - Lighter Than Hare director -

1960 - Person to Bunny director -

1960 - Horse Hare director -

1960 - Mouse and Garden director -

1960 - Trip for Tat director -

1960 - From Hare to Heir director -

1960 - Hyde and Go Tweet director -

1959 - Mexicali Shmoes director -

1959 - Here Today, Gone Tamale director -

1959 - Apes of Wrath director -

1959 - Wild and Woolly Hare director -

1959 - Trick or Tweet director -

1959 - Tweet Dreams director -

1959 - Hare-Abian Nights director -

1959 - Tweet and Lovely director -

1958 - A Bird in a Bonnet director -

1958 - Hare-Less Wolf director -

1958 - Knighty Knight Bugs director -

1958 - A Pizza Tweety-Pie director -

1958 - A Waggily Tale director -

1957 - Bugsy and Mugsy director -

1957 - Greedy for Tweety director -

1957 - Piker's Peak director -

1957 - Gonzales' Tamales director -

1957 - Birds Anonymous director -

1957 - Show Biz Bugs director -

1957 - Tweet Zoo director -

1957 - Tweety and the Beanstalk director -

1957 - Three Little Bops director -

1956 - A Star Is Bored director -

1956 - Tree Cornered Tweety director -

1956 - Tugboat Granny director -

1956 - Two Crows from Tacos director -

1956 - Tweet and Sour director -

1956 - Yankee Dood It director -

1956 - Napoleon Bunny-Part director -

1956 - Rabbitson Crusoe director -

1955 - Stork Naked director -

1955 - Heir-Conditioned director -

1955 - This Is a Life? director -

1955 - Pappy's Puppy director -

1955 - Red Riding Hoodwinked director -

1955 - Speedy Gonzales director -

1955 - Pests for Guests director -

1955 - Tweety's Circus director -

1955 - A Kiddies Kitty director -

1955 - Lumber Jerks director -

1955 - Sahara Hare director -

1955 - Pizzicato Pussycat director -

1955 - Hare Brush director -

1955 - Roman Legion-Hare director -

1955 - Hyde and Hare director -

1954 - Sandy Claws director -

1954 - Muzzle Tough director -

1954 - Dog Pounded director -

1954 - Dr. Jerkyl's Hide director -

1954 - I Gopher You director -

1954 - Satan's Waitin' director -

1954 - Goo Goo Goliath director -

1954 - Bugs and Thugs director -

1954 - Captain Hareblower director -

1954 - Yankee Doodle Bugs director -

1954 - By Word of Mouse director -

1953 - A Street Cat Named Sylvester director -

1953 - Fowl Weather director -

1953 - Ant Pasted director -

1953 - A Mouse Divided director -

1953 - Southern Fried Rabbit director -

1953 - Hare Trimmed director -

1953 - Snow Business director -

1953 - Catty Cornered director -

1953 - Robot Rabbit director -

1952 - Cracked Quack director -

1952 - Hare Lift director -

1952 - 14 Carrot Rabbit director -

1952 - Ain't She Tweet director -

1952 - Little Red Rodent Hood director -

1952 - Gift Wrapped director -

1952 - Orange Blossoms for Violet director -

1952 - A Bird in a Guilty Cage director -

1952 - Foxy by Proxy director -

1951 - Tweet Tweet Tweety director -

1951 - The Fair Haired Hare director -

1951 - Room and Bird director -

1951 - Rabbit Every Monday director -

1951 - Canned Feud director -

1951 - His Hare Raising Tale director -

1951 - A Bone for a Bone director -

1951 - Putty Tat Trouble director -

1951 - Ballot Box Bunny director -

1950 - All a Bir-r-r-rd director -

1950 - Golden Yeggs director -

1950 - Home, Tweet Home director -

1950 - Canary Row director -

1950 - The Lion's Busy director -

1950 - His Bitter Half director -

1950 - Stooge for a Mouse director -

1950 - Bunker Hill Bunny director -

1950 - Mutiny on the Bunny director -

1950 - Big House Bunny director -

1949 - Hare Do director -

1949 - Each Dawn I Crow director -

1949 - Knights Must Fall director -

1949 - Which Is Witch director -

1949 - Curtain Razor director -

1949 - High Diving Hare director -

1949 - Bad Ol' Putty Tat director -

1949 - Wise Quackers director -

1949 - Dough for the Do-Do director -

1949 - Mouse Mazurka director -

1948 - Kit for Cat director -

1948 - I Taw a Putty Tat director -

1948 - Buccaneer Bunny director -

1948 - Two Guys from Texas director -

1948 - Hare Splitter director -

1948 - Bugs Bunny Rides Again director -

1947 - A Hare Grows in Manhattan director -

1947 - Rabbit Transit director -

1947 - Tweetie Pie director -

1947 - Along Came Daffy director -

1947 - Slick Hare director -

1947 - The Gay Anties director -

1946 - Rhapsody Rabbit director -

1946 - Of Thee I Sting director -

1946 - Racketeer Rabbit director -

1946 - Hollywood Daffy director -

1946 - Baseball Bugs director -

1946 - Holiday for Shoestrings director -

1945 - Peck Up Your Troubles director -

1945 - Hare Trigger director -

1945 - Herr Meets Hare director -

1945 - Ain't That Ducky director -

1945 - Life with Feathers director -

1944 - Stage Door Cartoon director -

1944 - Duck Soup to Nuts director -

1944 - Hare Force director -

1944 - Slightly Daffy director -

1944 - Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears director -

1944 - Meatless Flyday director -

1944 - Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips director -

1944 - Little Red Riding Rabbit director -

1943 - Pigs in a Polka director -

1943 - Greetings Bait director -

1943 - Daffy - The Commando director -

1943 - Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk director -

1943 - Fifth Column Mouse director -

1943 - Yankee Doodle Daffy director -

1943 - Hiss and Make Up director -

1942 - Foney Fables director -

1942 - Hop, Skip and a Chump director -

1942 - The Wabbit Who Came to Supper director -

1942 - Porky's Pastry Pirates director -

1942 - The Sheepish Wolf director -

1942 - Double Chaser director -

1942 - The Hare-Brained Hypnotist director -

1942 - Ding Dog Daddy director -

1942 - Saps in Chaps director -

1942 - Lights Fantastic director -

1942 - Fresh Hare director -

1941 - The Cat's Tale director -

1941 - Porky's Bear Facts director -

1941 - Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt director -

1941 - The Fighting 69½th director -

1941 - The Wacky Worm director -

1941 - The Trial of Mr. Wolf director -

1941 - Sport Chumpions director -

1941 - Notes to You director -

1941 - Rookie Revue director -

1941 - Rhapsody in Rivets director -

1940 - Calling Dr. Porky director -

1940 - You Ought to Be in Pictures director -

1940 - Porky's Baseball Broadcast director -

1940 - Confederate Honey director -

1940 - Shop Look & Listen director -

1940 - Little Blabbermouse director -

1940 - Porky's Hired Hand director -

1940 - The Hardship of Miles Standish director -

1939 - Seal Skinners director -

1938 - A Star Is Hatched director -

1938 - A Day at the Beach director -

1938 - Poultry Pirates director -

1938 - Jungle Jitters director -

1938 - My Little Buckeroo director -

1938 - The Captain's Christmas director -

1937 - Sweet Sioux director -

1937 - She Was an Acrobat's Daughter director -

1937 - He Was Her Man director -

1937 - Pigs Is Pigs director -

1937 - The Fella with a Fiddle director -

1937 - Streamlined Greta Green director -

1937 - Clean Pastures director -

1937 - Plenty of Money and You director -

1937 - The Lyin' Mouse director -

1937 - September in the Rain director -

1937 - Dog Daze director -

1936 - Toy Town Hall director -

1936 - Boulevardier from the Bronx director -

1936 - I'm a Big Shot Now director -

1936 - Bingo Crosbyana director -

1936 - Let It Be Me director -

1936 - At Your Service Madame director -

1936 - I Wanna Play House director -

1936 - Sunday Go to Meetin' Time director -

1936 - When I Yoo Hoo director -

1936 - The CooCoo Nut Grove director -

1935 - The Lady in Red director -

1935 - Billboard Frolics director -

1935 - Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name director -

1935 - Country Mouse director -

1935 - Country Boy director -

1935 - Along Flirtation Walk director -

1935 - Little Dutch Plate director -

1935 - Flowers for Madame director -

1935 - Into Your Dance director -

1935 - I Haven't Got a Hat director -

1935 - My Green Fedora director -

1934 - Beauty and the Beast director -

1934 - Those Beautiful Dames director -

1934 - Shake Your Powder Puff director -

1934 - Buddy's Trolley Troubles director -

1934 - The Miller's Daughter director -

1934 - Buddy the Gob director -

1934 - Goin' to Heaven on a Mule director -

1934 - The Girl at the Ironing Board director -

1934 - Buddy and Towser director -

1934 - Pop Goes Your Heart director -

1934 - How Do I Know It's Sunday director -

1934 - Why Do I Dream Those Dreams director -

1933 - Beau Bosko director -

1933 - Bosko's Picture Show director -

1933 - Bosko in Dutch director -

1933 - Bosko in Person director -

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