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Key Production Country: USA
Key Genres: Animation, Short Film, Children's/Family, Comedy, Adventure, Children's Fantasy
Key Collaborators: Michael Maltese (Screenwriter), Carl W. Stalling (Composer), Mel Blanc (Voice), Edward Selzer (Producer), Treg Brown (Editor), Arthur Q. Bryan (Voice), Milt Franklyn (Composer)

“Excellent American animator who, with Friz Freleng and Robert McKimpson, created in the Warner Brothers studios the famous anthropomorphic cartoon characters of Bugs Bunny, Tweetie Pie, Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzalez, Road Runner, and Coyote with their attendant gags (often brilliant) and stylized violence (less objectionable than in Tom and Jerry).” - Georges Sadoul (Dictionary of Film Makers, 1972)

"As one of the chief animators and directors during the golden age of Warner Bros. animation, Chuck Jones forged a legacy as being the creator of some of the funniest and most beautifully designed cartoons ever produced by the Hollywood studio system. Alongside Tex Avery, Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng, Jones spearheaded the innovative and wildly popular cartoons that populated the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies worlds. With such iconic characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd, the cartoons were irreverent comedies that broke new ground and rankled future generations, which often sought to censor re-airings on television for violence and racial stereotypes." - Shawn Dwyer (Turner Classic Movies)

"His cartoons are noted for their speed, crazed action, and dynamic verve.. Widely recognized for his contributions to the art of animation, he was honoured during the 70s and 80s with retrospectives of his work and showered with life achievement awards in the US and in international film festivals." - The Film Encyclopedia, 2012

"Many of Jones’s animated films are recognized as classics of the form, including Feed the Kitty (1952), about an unusual paternal relationship between a bulldog and a kitten; Duck Amuck (1953), a tour de force of personality animation starring Daffy Duck as the victim of the creative whims of an unseen animator; One Froggy Evening (1955), a parable of greed involving a singing frog; and What’s Opera, Doc? (1957), a brilliant compression of Richard Wagner’s 14-hour The Ring of the Nibelung into six minutes… To the general public, Chuck Jones’s name is as synonymous with animation as that of Walt Disney. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Jones extended the perimeters of the indigenous American art form known as “character,” or “personality,” animation." - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2021

"Bugs Bunny, Chuck Jones noted, is who everyone would like to be, and Daffy Duck is who everyone mostly is. The cool, confident rabbit, and the cowardly, "desthpicable" duck define the parameters of Jones's animated universe… Jones's range of cultural reference was wide and enriched his work, in horror movies such as Hair-Raising Hare (1946); to swashbucklers like Rabbit Hood (1949); to the use of classical music such as Gioachino Antonio Rossini in Rabbit of Seville (1950)." - Philip Kemp (501 Movie Directors, 2007)

"Chuck Jones was an American animator, director, and voiceover actor, with a career spanning six decades and is considered a pioneer in animation. Best known for his legendary contributions to the Golden Age of Animation at Warner Brothers Studios, Jones created beloved characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and the Road Runner. Jones’ distinctive style, which emphasized expressive characters, intricate timing, and clever storytelling, left an indelible mark on the world of animation. His portfolio includes iconic cartoons like Duck Amuck, What’s Opera, Doc? and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" - New York Film Academy, 2024

"I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do. And to this day, that's been the astonishment of my life, and the wonder of my life...I like to work with the tools of my trade. The tools of my trade is a lot of paper and a pencil, and that's all it is." - Chuck Jones