Friz Freleng
American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1906-1995) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 88
Isadore "Friz" Freleng, credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons (WB) on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from the 1930s to the early 1960s.
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1995Died26 May 19951993
The Pink PantherSeries, Creator1992Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1986
Looney Tunes 50th AnniversaryFilm1983
The Bugs Bunny ShowSeries, Writer, Producer1982
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit TalesFilm, Director, Writer1979
Spider-WomanSeries, Producer
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas TalesFilm, 1979Director, Writer1977
Baggy Pants and the NitwitsSeries, Creator, Producer
Halloween Is Grinch NightFilm, 1977Producer1975
Return to the Planet of the ApesSeries, Creator, Producer1974Winsor McCay AwardAward1973
Bailey's CometsSeries, Creator, Producer1972
ABC Afterschool SpecialSeries, Producer1971
The Cat in the HatFilm, Producer1969
Here Comes the GrumpSeries, Producer1968
Roland and RattfinkSeries, Creator, Producer1965Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward
Dial 'P' for PinkFilm, 1965Director, Producer1961
The Last Hungry CatFilm, Director1957
Birds AnonymousFilm, Director1952
Gift WrappedFilm, Director1949
High Diving HareFilm, Director1947
Slick HareFilm, Director1943
Pigs in a PolkaFilm, Director1940
You Ought to Be in PicturesFilm, Director1929
Looney TunesSeries, Director, WriterEditions: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection1906Born21 August 1906
The Pink PantherSeries, Creator1992Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1986Looney Tunes 50th AnniversaryFilm1983The Bugs Bunny ShowSeries, Writer, Producer1982Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit TalesFilm, Director, Writer1979Spider-WomanSeries, ProducerBugs Bunny's Looney Christmas TalesFilm, 1979Director, Writer1977Baggy Pants and the NitwitsSeries, Creator, ProducerHalloween Is Grinch NightFilm, 1977Producer1975Return to the Planet of the ApesSeries, Creator, Producer1974Winsor McCay AwardAward1973Bailey's CometsSeries, Creator, Producer1972ABC Afterschool SpecialSeries, Producer1971The Cat in the HatFilm, Producer1969Here Comes the GrumpSeries, Producer1968Roland and RattfinkSeries, Creator, Producer1965Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAwardDial 'P' for PinkFilm, 1965Director, Producer1961The Last Hungry CatFilm, Director1957Birds AnonymousFilm, Director1952Gift WrappedFilm, Director1949High Diving HareFilm, Director1947Slick HareFilm, Director1943Pigs in a PolkaFilm, Director1940You Ought to Be in PicturesFilm, Director1929Looney TunesSeries, Director, WriterEditions: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection1906Born21 August 1906People around Friz
Close ties
David H. DePatie Also in The Pink Phink and Dial 'P' for Pink
Mel Blanc Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Leon Schlesinger Produced You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)- Eddie Selzer Produced Baseball Bugs and Rhapsody Rabbit
Tedd Pierce Also in Yankee Doodle Daffy and Rhapsody Rabbit
Hawley Pratt Also in The Last Hungry Cat (1961)
Michael Maltese Also in Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Warren Foster Also in Gift Wrapped and Bugs and Thugs- Hal Geer Produced Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
Chuck Jones Also in The Cat in the Hat (1971)
Dr. Seuss Also in The Cat in the Hat and The Lorax
June Foray Also in Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)- John W. Burton Produced Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
- Bob Holt Friz produced The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975)
Hal Smith Friz produced The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975)
Stan Freberg Also in Three Little Bops (1957)
Doris Day Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Adolphe Menjou Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Iris Adrian Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
S. Z. Sakall Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Frankie Carle Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Franklin Pangborn Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Selena Royle Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Don Brodie Friz directed My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Known for
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Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire 2010
You Ought to Be in Pictures 1940
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie 1981
The Pink Phink 1964
Rhapsody Rabbit 1946
Filmography 40
711 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Awards
About this person
In total, he created more than 300 cartoons.
Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1995 · aged 88
