Friz Freleng
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA — Aug 21 1906• Died May 26 1995
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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 o…
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ABC Afterschool Special
Production
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Crew
The Pink Panther
Creator
Pink Panther and Sons
Production
Spider-Woman
Production
The Fantastic Four
Production
Here Comes the Grump
Production
The Inspector
Directing
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Art
Return to the Planet of the Apes
Production
The Houndcats
Production
The Dogfather
Directing
The Lorax
Production
The Pink Panther
Creator
The All New Pink Panther Show
Production
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Directing
The Oddball Couple
Production
Crazylegs Crane
Production
Roland and Rattfink
Production
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self
My Dream Is Yours
Visual Effects
Tweety's S.O.S.
Directing
Doctor Dolittle
Creator
Bailey's Comets
Production
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Directing
Hare Do
Directing
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Directing
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
Visual Effects
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
The Inspector
Directing
Halloween Is Grinch Night
Production
Kit for Cat
Directing
The Tiny Tree
Production
Golden Yeggs
Directing
The Cat in the Hat
Production
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Directing
Mama's New Hat
Directing
Snow Business
Directing
Baseball Bugs
Directing
Pink Lightning
Production
Pigs in a Polka
Directing
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Writing
Pink-In
Directing
Camera Three
Self
Fowl Weather
Directing
Lumber Jerks
Directing
Hare Brush
Directing
Pink Press
Production
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Himself
Tweety's Circus
Directing
The Pink Phink
Directing
Room and Bird
Directing
Super Pink
Production
All Wet
Visual Effects
Sky Blue Pink
Production
I Like Mountain Music
Visual Effects
Phony Express
Production
Snafuperman
Directing
Tweetie Pie
Directing
Stork Naked
Directing
Pink Pranks
Production
Goldilocks
Production
The Barkleys
Production
Robin Goodhood
Production
Goo Goo Goliath
Directing
A Kiddies Kitty
Directing
Satan's Waitin'
Directing
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Directing
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
Visual Effects
Tweety and the Beanstalk
Directing
Pink Pictures
Production
The Last Hungry Cat
Directing
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
Directing
Sink Pink
Directing
Along Came Daffy
Directing
Bugs Bunny Superstar
Himself
Pink Ice
Directing
A Pair of Greenbacks
Production
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Directing
He Was Her Man
Directing
Pink Punch
Production
Pink Daddy
Production
Jet Pink
Production
Red Riding Hoodwinked
Directing
The CooCoo Nut Grove
Directing
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
Production
Gift Wrapped
Directing
Pink Tuba-Dore
Production
Three Little Bops
Directing
Pink Sphinx
Production
Speedy Gonzales
Directing
Pickled Pink
Directing
Shocking Pink
Directing
In the Pink
Production
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Visual Effects
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
Directing
Big House Bunny
Directing
Mexicali Shmoes
Directing
Pinknic
Production
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Directing
The Wild Chase
Directing
Gong with the Pink
Production
The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas
Production
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
Directing
Canned Feud
Directing
Pink Panzer
Production
Alice's Picnic
Visual Effects
Pink Elephant
Production
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
Directing
Canary Row
Directing
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
Production
Three Brothers
Directing
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Directing
Toro Pink
Production
Mouse and Garden
Directing
Hare Force
Directing
Slick Hare
Directing
Streamlined Greta Green
Directing
Two Guys from Texas
Directing
Pigs Is Pigs
Directing
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Directing
Buccaneer Bunny
Directing
I Gopher You
Directing
Rhapsody Rabbit
Directing
Vitamin Pink
Production
Rumors
Directing
Pinky Doodle
Production
Home, Tweet Home
Directing
Beauty and the Beast
Directing
Pink S.W.A.T.
Production
Pink Paradise
Production
Pizzicato Pussycat
Directing
The Pygmy Hunt
Directing
Dog Daze
Directing
A Star Is Hatched
Directing
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Directing
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Directing
Big Man from the North
Visual Effects
Country Boy
Directing
Bosko's Party
Visual Effects
In the Pink of the Night
Production
Rabbit Transit
Directing
Ding Dog Daddy
Directing
Dietetic Pink
Production
G.I. Pink
Production
Star Pink
Production
Country Mouse
Directing
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
Directing
Confederate Honey
Directing
Pink Pajamas
Directing
Ant Pasted
Directing
Psst Pink
Production
Pink Posies
Production
War and Pieces
Production
Rushing Roulette
Production
Pink Valiant
Production
Pink Panic
Production
Mesa Trouble
Production
This Is a Life?
Directing
Ain't She Tweet
Directing
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Directing
A Taste of Money
Production
Knighty Knight Bugs
Directing
Apes of Wrath
Directing
The Dogfather
Production
The Astroduck
Production
Gripes
Directing
Little Red Rodent Hood
Directing
Pink, Plunk, Plink
Production
Serape Happy
Production
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Himself (Archive footage)
Fresh Hare
Directing
Bosko's Store
Visual Effects
Reel Pink
Production
So Much for So Little
Writing
Sweet Sioux
Directing
Driving Mr. Pink
Crew
Yankee Doodle Daffy
Directing
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Directing
The Cat Came Back
Directing
Lighter Than Hare
Directing
A Bone for a Bone
Directing
His Hare Raising Tale
Directing
Lucky Pink
Production
His Bitter Half
Directing
Slightly Daffy
Directing
A Mouse Divided
Directing
Dial 'P' for Pink
Directing
Southern Fried Rabbit
Directing
Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement
Directing
Rocky Pink
Production
Ride Him, Bosko
Visual Effects
Sahara Hare
Directing
Trolley Troubles
Visual Effects
Hyde and Hare
Directing
Mud Squad
Production
Greetings Bait
Directing
Homeless Homer
Directing
Hare Splitter
Directing
Bosko in Dutch
Directing
Slink Pink
Production
The Lyin' Mouse
Directing
Doctor Pink
Production
A Waggily Tale
Directing
Fright Before Christmas
Production
Pink Blue Plate
Production
The Queen was in the Parlor
Visual Effects
The Pink Pill
Production
The Ant and the Aardvark
Directing
From Hare to Eternity
Crew
Bobolink Pink
Production
The Unmentionables
Directing
Bad-Time Story
Directing
Wise Quackers
Directing
Robot Rabbit
Directing
High Diving Hare
Directing
Hare Trimmed
Directing
Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother
Production
Flight to the Finish
Production
Tickled Pink
Production
The Bookworm Turns
Directing
Tweet Dreams
Directing
Boulder Wham!
Production
A Bird in a Bonnet
Directing
Looney Tunes All Stars
Directing
Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
Visual Effects
The Mad Maestro
Directing
The Rebel Without Claws
Writing
Snake in the Gracias
Production
Nuts and Volts
Directing
Racketeer Rabbit
Directing
The Scarlet Pinkernel
Production
Bosko the Drawback
Visual Effects
Apache on the County Seat
Production
Goopy Geer
Visual Effects
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Directing
Hare-Less Wolf
Directing
Go Go Amigo
Production
The Pink of Arabee
Production
Psychedelic Pink
Production
Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1
Directing
A Message to Gracias
Production
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
Visual Effects
Keep Our Forests Pink
Production
Pink DaVinci
Production
Pink Outs
Production
Pay Day
Directing
Alice's Channel Swim
Visual Effects
Pinkfinger
Directing
Put-Put, Pink
Production
Ballot Box Bunny
Directing
Life with Feathers
Directing
Pink Z-Z-Z
Production
Flowers for Madame
Directing
Horse Hare
Directing
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
Directing
Pink-A-Rella
Production
Hollywood Daffy
Directing
Seal Skinners
Directing
Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
Directing
Stirrups and Hiccups
Production
Tugboat Granny
Directing
Porky's Pastry Pirates
Directing
Ain't That Ducky
Directing
The Pink Package Plot
Production
Sprinkle Me Pink
Production
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
Directing
The Alphabet Conspiracy
Visual Effects
We're in the Money
Visual Effects
The Pink Pro
Production
Alice's Knaughty Knight
Visual Effects
Pink Arcade
Production
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
Directing
Croakus Pocus
Production
The Cat's Tale
Directing
Birds Anonymous
Directing
Rock-A-Bye Pinky
Production
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
Writing
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Directing
As the Tumbleweed Turns
Production
A Pink Christmas
Production
Sweet and Sourdough
Production
Goldimouse and the Three Cats
Directing
Into Your Dance
Directing
Hare-abian Nights
Directing
The Girl at the Ironing Board
Directing
Pink 8 Ball
Production
Foney Fables
Directing
Bugsy and Mugsy
Directing
Daffy Flies North
Directing
Gem Dandy
Production
Forty Pink Winks
Production
I Haven't Got a Hat
Directing
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
Directing
All a Bir-r-r-d
Directing
Tease for Two
Production
Those Beautiful Dames
Directing
Yankee Doodle Bugs
Directing
Pink Pistons
Production
Pinto Pink
Production
I Taw a Putty Tat
Directing
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
Directing
Pink Aye
Production
Honey's Money
Directing
The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special
Directing
The Lion's Busy
Directing
Poor Papa
Visual Effects
Daffy's Diner
Production
Tweet Tweet Tweety
Directing
Let It Be Me
Directing
Pet Pink Pebbles
Production
Bosko at the Beach
Visual Effects
Trick or Tweet
Directing
Bridgework
Production
Bugs Bunny Rides Again
Directing
Alice in the Klondike
Visual Effects
Rookie Revue
Directing
The Froggy Froggy Duo
Production
Battling Bosko
Visual Effects
An Ounce of Pink
Production
Tweet and Lovely
Directing
Pay Your Buffalo Bill
Production
A-Haunting We Will Go
Production
Porky's Bear Facts
Directing
A Taste of Catnip
Production
A Fly in the Pink
Production
Hiss and Make Up
Directing
Back Alley Oproar
Directing
Show Biz Bugs
Directing
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Directing
The Great Continental Overland Cross-Country Race
Production
Pink Streaker
Production
Double Chaser
Directing
Plenty of Money and You
Directing
The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye
Production
The Lady in Red
Directing
We Give Pink Stamps
Directing
Tweet and Sour
Directing
It's Pink But Is It Mink?
Production
The Chocolate Chase
Directing
Toy Town Hall
Directing
The Wacky Worm
Directing
Tom Tom Tomcat
Directing
Therapeutic Pink
Production
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Directing
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
Directing
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name
Directing
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
Directing
Bugs and Thugs
Directing
A Bird in a Guilty Cage
Directing
Foxy by Proxy
Directing
D' Fightin' Ones
Directing
Pappy's Puppy
Directing
Oh, Teacher!
Visual Effects
Hawks and Doves
Production
Come On In! The Water's Pink
Production
Greedy for Tweety
Directing
Alice in the Big League
Visual Effects
The Fighting 69½th
Directing
Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
Visual Effects
Bugs Bunny in Space
Directing
Which Is Witch
Directing
Pink Breakfast
Production
Tree for Two
Directing
Captain Hareblower
Directing
Little Beaux Pink
Production
Friz on Film
Himself
Flying Feet
Production
Bosko at the Zoo
Visual Effects
Feather Finger
Production
Pinktails for Two
Production
Smile Pretty, Say Pink
Production
Petunia Natural Park
Directing
The Merry Old Soul
Directing
Trip for Tat
Directing
Little Blabbermouse
Directing
Pink Panther in Olym-pinks
Directing
Wild and Woolly Hare
Directing
Mystic Pink
Production
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Directing
Roman Legion-Hare
Directing
Sandy Claws
Directing
Prehistoric Pink
Production
Bully for Pink
Production
A Leap in the Deep
Production
Devil's Feud Cake
Directing
At Your Service Madame
Directing
Mexican Mousepiece
Production
Target Snafu
Directing
Never on Thirsty
Production
The Pink of Bagdad
Production
The Ocean Hop
Visual Effects
Extinct Pink
Production
Sugar and Spies
Production
Pancho's Hideaway
Directing
Hold Anything
Visual Effects
I Wanna Play House
Directing
Pests for Guests
Directing
Hot Spot
Directing
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
Directing
Sherlock Pink
Production
Bad Ol' Putty Tat
Directing
Great Guns
Visual Effects
Frog Jog
Production
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
Directing
14 Carrot Rabbit
Directing
Muzzle Tough
Directing
My Green Fedora
Directing
Giddy Up Woe
Production
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Directing
The Solid Tin Coyote
Production
Cat and the Pinkstalk
Production
Curtain Razor
Directing
The Hardship of Miles Standish
Directing
String Along in Pink
Production
Pinkcome Tax
Production
Well Worn Daffy
Production
Two Jumps and a Chump
Production
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Directing
Pink Trumpet
Production
Pink and Shovel
Production
Go for Croak
Production
Looney Tunes: Best of Speedy Gonzales Volume 1
Directing
Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?
Production
Kloot's Kounty
Production
Pink in the Woods
Production
Tijuana Toads
Production
Snow Excuse
Production
Pink Plasma
Production
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Directing
Salmon Pink
Production
Genie with the Light Pink Fur
Production
The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Tour
Production
Notes to You
Directing
Yankee Doodle Pink
Production
When I Yoo Hoo
Directing
Prefabricated Pink
Production
The Hoober-Bloob Highway
Production
Dough for the Do-Do
Directing
The Pink Tail Fly
Directing
Prince Violent
Directing
Pink Campaign
Production
Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng
Himself (voice)
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
Himself (archive footage)
The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi!
Production
Dog Pounded
Directing
Saps in Chaps
Directing
Big Beef at the O.K. Corral
Production
Pink of the Litter
Production
Mexican Boarders
Directing
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Directing
Strange on the Range
Production
Pop Goes Your Heart
Directing
Jungle Jitters
Directing
Chili Weather
Directing
Think Before You Pink
Production
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
Visual Effects
Catty Cornered
Directing
Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid
Visual Effects
Freddy the Freshman
Visual Effects
Mucho Locos
Production
Pink in the Drink
Production
Pink Pull
Production
Of Thee I Sting
Directing
Pink Pest Control
Production
Poultry Pirates
Directing
Cattle Battle
Production
Bosko the Lumberjack
Visual Effects
Dumb Patrol
Visual Effects
Bosko's Woodland Daze
Visual Effects
Yankee Dood It
Directing
By Word of Mouse
Directing
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
Himself (Archive Footage)
Knights Must Fall
Directing
September in the Rain
Directing
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
Directing
Chili Corn Corny
Production
Calling Dr. Porky
Directing
Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner
Production
Clean Pastures
Directing
The Bookworm
Directing
The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg
Writing
Hyde and Go Tweet
Directing
Ten Miles to the Gallop
Production
The Shoe Must Go On
Production
The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3
Production
Bosko in Person
Directing
Big-Hearted Bosko
Visual Effects
One More Time
Visual Effects
Supermarket Pink
Production
Pink in the Clink
Production
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time
Directing
A Dopey Hacienda
Production
Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14
Production
Stooge for a Mouse
Directing
The Captain's Christmas
Directing
A Squeak in the Deep
Production
Buddy and Towser
Directing
Suppressed Duck
Production
Alice the Beach Nut
Visual Effects
Billboard Frolics
Directing
Pink Lemonade
Production
Daffy Rents
Production
Gold Struck
Production
The Pink Blueprint
Production
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
Directing
Crows' Feat
Directing
Person to Bunny
Directing
Rabbitson Crusoe
Directing
Alice's Medicine Show
Visual Effects
From Hare to Heir
Directing
Hairied and Hurried
Production
Pink Bananas
Production
Rabbit Every Monday
Directing
The Badge and the Beautiful
Production
Fastest Tongue in the West
Production
Gonzales' Tamales
Directing
The Gay Anties
Directing
Clippety Clobbered
Production
Daffy - The Commando
Directing
Pink Quackers
Production
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self (archive footage)
The Yolks on You
Directing
Napoleon Bunny-Part
Directing
Congratulations It's Pink
Production
Pink on the Cob
Production
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Directing
Clerow Wilson's Great Escape
Production
Mutiny on the Bunny
Directing
Hop and Chop
Production
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
Directing
By Hoot or By Crook
Production
Bosko's Soda Fountain
Visual Effects
Moby Duck
Production
Duck Soup to Nuts
Directing
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink
Production
Cracked Quack
Directing
Out and Out Rout
Production
Putty Tat Trouble
Directing
One Step Ahead of My Shadow
Visual Effects
The Mechanical Cow
Visual Effects
A Star Is Bored
Directing
The Pink Quarterback
Production
Pinkologist
Production
Peck Up Your Troubles
Directing
The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Crazylegs Crane
Directing
Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing
Production
Pink U.F.O.
Production
Stage Door Cartoon
Directing
Bunker Hill Bunny
Directing
Herr Meets Hare
Directing
Congo Jazz
Visual Effects
Saddle Soap Opera
Production
The Pink Flea
Production
Pink Piper
Production
Tired and Feathered
Production
Shake Your Powder Puff
Directing
A Self-Winding Sidewinder
Production
A Pizza Tweety-Pie
Directing
Pinkadilly Circus
Production
Meatless Flyday
Directing
The Booze Hangs High
Visual Effects
Operation Snafu
Directing
Pink Suds
Production
The Fella with a Fiddle
Directing
The Tree's Knees
Visual Effects
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
Directing
Boulevardier from the Bronx
Directing
Alice's Three Bad Eggs
Visual Effects
Little Dutch Plate
Directing
Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
Production
Trail of the Lonesome Pink
Production
Shot and Bothered
Production
Holiday for Shoestrings
Directing
Lights Fantastic
Directing
Rhapsody in Rivets
Directing
Bosko's Holiday
Visual Effects
Tree Cornered Tweety
Directing
The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Sheriff Hoot Kloot
Production
Highway Runnery
Production
Why Do I Dream Those Dreams
Directing
Corn on the Cop
Production
Road to Andalay
Directing
Here Today, Gone Tamale
Directing
Bingo Crosbyana
Directing
The Blue Racer
Creator
Chaser on the Rocks
Production
Along Flirtation Walk
Directing
The Jet Cage
Directing
The Banker's Daughter
Visual Effects
Shishkabugs
Directing
Hare Trigger
Directing
Mexican Cat Dance
Directing
Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy
Directing
The Fair Haired Hare
Directing
Heir-Conditioned
Directing
Each Dawn I Crow
Directing
Hare Lift
Directing
Piker's Peak
Directing
Fiery Fireman
Directing
Spark Plug Pink
Production
Beau Bosko
Directing
The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2
Production
The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 1
Production
Bosko's Picture Show
Directing
Sport Chumpions
Directing
Cats and Bruises
Directing
A Day at the Beach
Directing
I'm a Big Shot Now
Directing
It's Got Me Again!
Visual Effects
Swing Ding Amigo
Production
My Little Buckeroo
Directing
Mouse Mazurka
Directing
How Do I Know It's Sunday
Directing
Just Plane Beep
Production
Buddy's Beer Garden
Directing
Buddy the Gob
Directing
Speedy Gonzales
Writing
Moonlight for Two
Visual Effects
Shop Look & Listen
Directing
Hop, Skip and a Chump
Directing
Fifth Column Mouse
Directing
Hen Fruit
Directing
Malibu Beach Party
Directing
The Miller's Daughter
Directing
Ride 'Em Plow Boy
Visual Effects
Ain't Nature Grand!
Visual Effects
The Honduras Hurricane
Directing
Rickety Gin
Visual Effects
Stripes and Stars
Directing
Tweet Zoo
Directing
Looney Tunes Collector's Vault, Volume 2
Directing
Goin' to Heaven on a Mule
Directing
The Sheepish Wolf
Directing
Porky's Hired Hand
Directing
Two Crows from Tacos
Directing
The Wicked West
Directing
Weary Willies
Directing