Friz Freleng
Directing
Born 1906-08-21
Died 1995-05-26
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
644 credits
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Isadore "Friz" Freleng (1906–1995), 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 and/or developed several of the studio's 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 DePatie-Freleng 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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Filmography
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ABC Afterschool Special
The Pink Panther
Gremlins
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
The Inspector
Pink Panther and Pals
Spider-Woman
The All New Pink Panther Show
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Pink Panther and Sons
The Pink Panther
The Oddball Couple
The Fantastic Four
What's New, Mr. Magoo?
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Bailey's Comets
Doctor Dolittle
Here Comes the Grump
Crazylegs Crane
Rumors
Trolley Troubles
All Wet
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Roland and Rattfink
Return to the Planet of the Apes
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Hare Force
The Bugs Bunny Show
Pay Day
The Lorax
Three Brothers
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
Gripes
The Dogfather
Knighty Knight Bugs
Greedy for Tweety
Jungle Jitters
Hare Do
Hot Spot
Pink Daddy
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Camera Three
Golden Yeggs
Baseball Bugs
The Barkleys
Sahara Hare
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
The Houndcats
Dog Daze
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
Dog Pounded
Hare Trimmed
Target Snafu
Fresh Hare
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
My Dream Is Yours
Cracked Quack
Confederate Honey
Tugboat Granny
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