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2017
4.7(118 reviews)
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
111 pages
ISBN: 978-1524786571
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Who Was Chuck Jones?

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"What's Up, Doc?" Find out in this lively biography of the most celebrated director in animation history! Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of  many classic animated cartoon shorts. They starred Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner Brothers characters. When he moved  on to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his work includes a  series of Tom and Jerry shorts as well as the  television adaptation of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Jones was nominated for eight Academy Awards, won three, and received an honorary Oscar for his work in the animation industry. His career spanned almost seventy years, during which he made over 250 animated films, including What's Opera, Doc? , a classic Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd short that is considered to be one of the greatest cartoons of all time.

Book Information

Title:Who Was Chuck Jones?
Author:Joan Holub
Series:Who Was/Is...? Books
Book Number:#99
Published:2017
Pages:111
ISBN-13:978-1524786571
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This book is part of the Who Was/Is...? Books series and is book #99 in the series.