Who was Chuck Jones?
Title
:
Who was Chuck Jones?
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jim, Gigliotti
Summary
:
"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".
Year Published
:
2017
Series
:
Who was--?
Physical Description
:
107 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents
:
Who was Chuck Jones? -- Growing up in California -- On to art school -- The working world -- "What's up, Doc?" -- The Bugs Bunny in me -- "Beep! beep!" -- Beyond Warner Bros -- From hare to eternity -- Timelines.
Personal Subject
:
Jones, Chuck, 1912-2002.
Subject
:
Animators -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Genre
:
Biography.
Added Author
:
Hinderliter, John,
Summary
:
"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".
ISBN
:
9780515159172
9780448488578
Publisher
:
New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017]
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| A. Blair McPherson | 921 JON | Book | 31458100058372 | Everybody Fiction |