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Friz Freleng

Friz Freleng

Director · Born 1906-08-21 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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Biography

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".

Directed

  1. Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) — Director
  2. The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) — Director
  3. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) — Director
  4. Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983) — Director
  5. Speedy Gonzales (1955) — Director
  6. Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979) — Director
  7. Baseball Bugs (1946) — Director
  8. Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) — Director
  9. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) — Director
  10. The Pink Phink (1964) — Director
  11. You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) — Director
  12. Tweetie Pie (1947) — Director
  13. Birds Anonymous (1957) — Director
  14. Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (2010) — Director
  15. Buccaneer Bunny (1948) — Director
  16. Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) — Director
  17. Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948) — Director
  18. Bugs and Thugs (1954) — Director
  19. High Diving Hare (1949) — Director
  20. Three Little Bops (1957) — Director
  21. Big House Bunny (1950) — Director
  22. Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943) — Director
  23. Pigs in a Polka (1943) — Director
  24. Slick Hare (1947) — Director
  25. The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942) — Director
  26. Hyde and Hare (1955) — Director
  27. Dough for the Do-Do (1949) — Director
  28. 14 Carrot Rabbit (1952) — Director
  29. Gift Wrapped (1952) — Director
  30. Show Biz Bugs (1957) — Director
  31. The Last Hungry Cat (1961) — Director
  32. Canned Feud (1951) — Director
  33. All a Bir-r-r-d (1950) — Director
  34. Ballot Box Bunny (1951) — Director
  35. Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) — Director
  36. A Star Is Bored (1956) — Director
  37. Back Alley Oproar (1948) — Director
  38. Hyde and Go Tweet (1960) — Director
  39. Canary Row (1950) — Director
  40. Daffy - The Commando (1943) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Gremlins (1984) — Citizen (uncredited)
  2. Bugs Bunny Superstar (1976) — Himself
  3. Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986) — Self
  4. Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988) — Self
  5. Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990) — Self
  6. Camera Three — Self
  7. The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) — Self
  8. Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003) — Himself
  9. That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace (2014) — Himself (archive footage)
  10. Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng (2016) — Himself (voice)
  11. Friz on Film (2006) — Himself
  12. King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012) — Self (archive footage)