Friz Freleng
male
Born on August 21, 1906 (118 years old)
Passed Away on May 26, 1995
From Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known for Directing
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".
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Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
as
Director
2010
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
as
Animation Director
2010
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
as
Director
2010
Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy
as
Director
2010
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
as
Director
2010
The Essential Bugs Bunny
as
Director
2010
- 2007
- 2004
Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1
as
Director
2004
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol:2
as
Director
2004
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol:2
as
Director of Photography
2004
Looney Tunes Collection: Best of Road Runner
as
Director
2004
Looney Tunes Collection: Best of Road Runner
as
Scenario Writer
2004
- 2003
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1995
- 1993
- 1991
- 1988
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
as
Director
1981
Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
as
Director
1981
Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
as
Producer
1981
Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother
as
Producer
1981
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
as
Producer
1981
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
as
Writer
1981
- 1980
Pink Panther in Olym-pinks
as
Director
1980
The Chocolate Chase
as
Director
1980
Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement
as
Director
1980
The Yolks on You
as
Director
1980
Daffy Flies North
as
Director
1980
Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?
as
Executive Producer
1980
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
as
Director
1980
Supermarket Pink
as
Producer
1980
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
as
Director
1980
- 1979
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
as
Director
1979
Fright Before Christmas
as
Writer
1979
Fright Before Christmas
as
Director
1979
Fright Before Christmas
as
Producer
1979
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
as
Director
1979
The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special
as
Director
1979
Spark Plug Pink
as
Producer
1979
Doctor Pink
as
Producer
1979
Pink Suds
as
Producer
1979
Toro Pink
as
Producer
1979
Pink Breakfast
as
Producer
1979
Pink Quackers
as
Producer
1979
Pink in the Woods
as
Producer
1979
String Along in Pink
as
Producer
1979
Pink Pull
as
Producer
1979
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
as
Director
1979
Spider-Woman
as
Producer
1979
- 1978
Pink Lemonade
as
Producer
1978
A Pink Christmas
as
Teleplay
1978
A Pink Christmas
as
Producer
1978
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
as
Director
1978
Pinkologist
as
Producer
1978
Pink Trumpet
as
Producer
1978
Pink Z-Z-Z
as
Producer
1978
Star Pink
as
Producer
1978
Pinktails for Two
as
Producer
1978
Pink in the Drink
as
Producer
1978
Pink Press
as
Producer
1978
Pink Bananas
as
Producer
1978
Pet Pink Pebbles
as
Producer
1978
Yankee Doodle Pink
as
Producer
1978
The Pink of Bagdad
as
Producer
1978
Cat and the Pinkstalk
as
Producer
1978
Pink U.F.O.
as
Producer
1978
Dietetic Pink
as
Producer
1978
Sprinkle Me Pink
as
Producer
1978
Pink Daddy
as
Producer
1978
Pink S.W.A.T.
as
Producer
1978
Pink Lightning
as
Producer
1978
Pink and Shovel
as
Producer
1978
Pink Arcade
as
Producer
1978
Pink Pictures
as
Producer
1978
The All New Pink Panther Show
as
Producer
1978
The Fantastic Four
as
Producer
1978
Crazylegs Crane
as
Producer
1978
- 1977
Halloween Is Grinch Night
as
Executive Producer
1977
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
as
Writer
1977
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
as
Director
1977
Bugs Bunny in Space
as
Director
1977
Therapeutic Pink
as
Producer
1977
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
as
Director
1977
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
as
Producer
1977
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
as
Creator
1977
- 1976
- 1975
Pink Elephant
as
Producer
1975
Salmon Pink
as
Producer
1975
The Tiny Tree
as
Executive Producer
1975
The Hoober-Bloob Highway
as
Executive Producer
1975
Forty Pink Winks
as
Producer
1975
Pink Plasma
as
Producer
1975
Keep Our Forests Pink
as
Producer
1975
Pink Streaker
as
Producer
1975
The Scarlet Pinkernel
as
Producer
1975
Pink Campaign
as
Producer
1975
Pink DaVinci
as
Producer
1975
Bobolink Pink
as
Producer
1975
It's Pink But Is It Mink?
as
Producer
1975
Return to the Planet of the Apes
as
Producer
1975
The Oddball Couple
as
Producer
1975
Return to the Planet of the Apes
as
Creator
1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14
as
Producer
1972
The Lorax
as
Producer
1972
Pink 8 Ball
as
Producer
1972
The Barkleys
as
Producer
1972
The Houndcats
as
Producer
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
as
Executive Producer
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
as
Producer
1972
The Barkleys
as
Creator
1972
The Houndcats
as
Creator
1972
The Blue Racer
as
Creator
1972
- 1971
Psst Pink
as
Producer
1971
The Pink Flea
as
Producer
1971
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Cattle Battle
as
Producer
1971
Pink-In
as
Director
1971
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The Great Continental Overland Cross-Country Race
as
Producer
1971
Pink Tuba-Dore
as
Producer
1971
The Cat in the Hat
as
Executive Producer
1971
Gong with the Pink
as
Producer
1971
Pink-In
as
Producer
1971
A Fly in the Pink
as
Producer
1971
Pink Blue Plate
as
Producer
1971
Pink Pranks
as
Producer
1971
- 1970
- 1969
Slink Pink
as
Producer
1969
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Flying Feet
as
Producer
1969
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Sweet and Sourdough
as
Producer
1969
The Ant and the Aardvark
as
Director
1969
In the Pink of the Night
as
Producer
1969
Pink Pest Control
as
Producer
1969
Extinct Pink
as
Producer
1969
Pink-A-Rella
as
Producer
1969
Pink on the Cob
as
Producer
1969
Think Before You Pink
as
Producer
1969
Here Comes the Grump
as
Producer
1969
The Ant and the Aardvark
as
Director
1969
The Ant and the Aardvark
as
Producer
1969
The Ant and the Aardvark
as
Creator
1969
- 1968
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink
as
Producer
1968
Lucky Pink
as
Producer
1968
Put-Put, Pink
as
Producer
1968
Sky Blue Pink
as
Producer
1968
Pink Sphinx
as
Producer
1968
Pinkadilly Circus
as
Producer
1968
Psychedelic Pink
as
Producer
1968
G.I. Pink
as
Producer
1968
Prehistoric Pink
as
Producer
1968
Tickled Pink
as
Producer
1968
The Pink Pill
as
Producer
1968
The Pink Quarterback
as
Producer
1968
Little Beaux Pink
as
Producer
1968
Pink in the Clink
as
Producer
1968
Pink Valiant
as
Producer
1968
Come On In! The Water's Pink
as
Producer
1968
Pinkcome Tax
as
Producer
1968
The Pink Package Plot
as
Producer
1968
Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing
as
Producer
1968
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Hawks and Doves
as
Producer
1968
Roland and Rattfink
as
Producer
1968
Roland and Rattfink
as
Creator
1968
- 1967
Pink Panic
as
Producer
1967
The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye
as
Producer
1967
Pink Paradise
as
Producer
1967
Pinto Pink
as
Producer
1967
Prefabricated Pink
as
Producer
1967
Jet Pink
as
Producer
1967
In the Pink
as
Producer
1967
Pink of the Litter
as
Producer
1967
Pink Posies
as
Producer
1967
Pinknic
as
Producer
1967
Congratulations It's Pink
as
Producer
1967
Pink Outs
as
Producer
1967
- 1966
Vitamin Pink
as
Producer
1966
A-Haunting We Will Go
as
Producer
1966
Pink Punch
as
Producer
1966
Super Pink
as
Producer
1966
The Pink Blueprint
as
Producer
1966
Genie with the Light Pink Fur
as
Producer
1966
Pink Pistons
as
Producer
1966
Smile Pretty, Say Pink
as
Producer
1966
Pink, Plunk, Plink
as
Producer
1966
Rock-A-Bye Pinky
as
Producer
1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as
Storyboard Artist
1966
- 1965
The Wild Chase
as
Director
1965
The Wild Chase
as
Producer
1965
Pickled Pink
as
Director
1965
We Give Pink Stamps
as
Director
1965
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
as
Director
1965
Cats and Bruises
as
Director
1965
Pink Panzer
as
Producer
1965
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
as
Director
1965
Dial 'P' for Pink
as
Director
1965
Sink Pink
as
Director
1965
Pinkfinger
as
Director
1965
Shocking Pink
as
Director
1965
Pink Ice
as
Director
1965
The Pink Tail Fly
as
Director
1965
Corn on the Cop
as
Story
1965
Corn on the Cop
as
Producer
1965
Pinkfinger
as
Producer
1965
Just Plane Beep
as
Producer
1965
We Give Pink Stamps
as
Producer
1965
Dial 'P' for Pink
as
Producer
1965
Sink Pink
as
Producer
1965
Pickled Pink
as
Producer
1965
Shocking Pink
as
Producer
1965
Pink Ice
as
Producer
1965
The Pink Tail Fly
as
Producer
1965
An Ounce of Pink
as
Producer
1965
Bully for Pink
as
Producer
1965
Reel Pink
as
Producer
1965
- 1964
Road to Andalay
as
Director
1964
Nuts and Volts
as
Director
1964
Nuts and Volts
as
Producer
1964
A Message to Gracias
as
Producer
1964
Pancho's Hideaway
as
Director
1964
Pancho's Hideaway
as
Producer
1964
The Pink Phink
as
Director
1964
Pink Pajamas
as
Director
1964
The Pink Phink
as
Producer
1964
Pink Pajamas
as
Producer
1964
Road to Andalay
as
Producer
1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
Hyde and Go Tweet
as
Director
1960
Goldimouse and the Three Cats
as
Director
1960
Lighter Than Hare
as
Director
1960
From Hare to Heir
as
Director
1960
Horse Hare
as
Director
1960
Person to Bunny
as
Director
1960
Trip for Tat
as
Director
1960
Mouse and Garden
as
Director
1960
From Hare to Heir
as
Story
1960
Lighter Than Hare
as
Story
1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
Speedy Gonzales
as
Director
1955
Hyde and Hare
as
Director
1955
Lumber Jerks
as
Director
1955
Heir-Conditioned
as
Director
1955
Hare Brush
as
Director
1955
Pizzicato Pussycat
as
Director
1955
A Kiddies Kitty
as
Director
1955
Sandy Claws
as
Director
1955
Sahara Hare
as
Director
1955
Roman Legion-Hare
as
Director
1955
Red Riding Hoodwinked
as
Director
1955
Stork Naked
as
Director
1955
Tweety's Circus
as
Director
1955
Pests for Guests
as
Director
1955
Pappy's Puppy
as
Director
1955
This Is a Life?
as
Director
1955
- 1954
- 1953
Snow Business
as
Director
1953
Southern Fried Rabbit
as
Director
1953
Robot Rabbit
as
Director
1953
Ant Pasted
as
Director
1953
Catty Cornered
as
Director
1953
Fowl Weather
as
Director
1953
Hare Trimmed
as
Director
1953
A Mouse Divided
as
Director
1953
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
as
Director
1953
Tom Tom Tomcat
as
Director
1953
Looney Tunes: Best of Speedy Gonzales Volume 1
as
Director
1953
- 1952
A Bird in a Guilty Cage
as
Director
1952
Orange Blossoms for Violet
as
Director
1952
Gift Wrapped
as
Director
1952
Ain't She Tweet
as
Director
1952
Hare Lift
as
Director
1952
Little Red Rodent Hood
as
Director
1952
14 Carrot Rabbit
as
Director
1952
Orange Blossoms for Violet
as
Writer
1952
Cracked Quack
as
Director
1952
Tree for Two
as
Director
1952
Foxy by Proxy
as
Director
1952
- 1951
Ballot Box Bunny
as
Director
1951
Putty Tat Trouble
as
Director
1951
Tweety's S.O.S.
as
Director
1951
Canned Feud
as
Director
1951
Room and Bird
as
Director
1951
Tweet Tweet Tweety
as
Director
1951
The Fair Haired Hare
as
Director
1951
Rabbit Every Monday
as
Director
1951
A Bone for a Bone
as
Director
1951
His Hare Raising Tale
as
Director
1951
- 1950
- 1949
Dough for the Do-Do
as
Director
1949
Hare Do
as
Director
1949
Bad Ol' Putty Tat
as
Director
1949
My Dream Is Yours
as
Animation Director
1949
Each Dawn I Crow
as
Director
1949
Curtain Razor
as
Director
1949
Wise Quackers
as
Director
1949
Which Is Witch
as
Director
1949
Mouse Mazurka
as
Director
1949
Knights Must Fall
as
Director
1949
High Diving Hare
as
Director
1949
So Much for So Little
as
Writer
1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
Hare Force
as
Director
1944
Little Red Riding Rabbit
as
Director
1944
Stage Door Cartoon
as
Director
1944
Pay Day
as
Director
1944
Snafuperman
as
Director
1944
Target Snafu
as
Director
1944
Three Brothers
as
Director
1944
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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
as
Director
1944
Duck Soup to Nuts
as
Director
1944
Slightly Daffy
as
Director
1944
Meatless Flyday
as
Director
1944
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
as
Director
1944
- 1943
- 1942
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
as
Director
1942
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
as
Director
1942
Porky's Pastry Pirates
as
Director
1942
Ding Dog Daddy
as
Director
1942
Saps in Chaps
as
Director
1942
Double Chaser
as
Director
1942
Hop, Skip and a Chump
as
Director
1942
Foney Fables
as
Director
1942
Lights Fantastic
as
Director
1942
The Sheepish Wolf
as
Director
1942
Fresh Hare
as
Director
1942
- 1941
The Fighting 69½th
as
Director
1941
Rhapsody in Rivets
as
Director
1941
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
as
Director
1941
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
as
Director
1941
The Cat's Tale
as
Director
1941
The Wacky Worm
as
Director
1941
Sport Chumpions
as
Director
1941
Notes to You
as
Director
1941
Rookie Revue
as
Director
1941
Porky's Bear Facts
as
Director
1941
- 1940
You Ought to Be in Pictures
as
Director
1940
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
as
Director
1940
The Hardship of Miles Standish
as
Director
1940
Confederate Honey
as
Director
1940
Porky's Hired Hand
as
Director
1940
Calling Dr. Porky
as
Director
1940
Little Blabbermouse
as
Director
1940
Malibu Beach Party
as
Director
1940
Shop Look & Listen
as
Director
1940
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The Bookworm Turns
as
Director
1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
Pigs Is Pigs
as
Director
1937
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
as
Director
1937
Clean Pastures
as
Director
1937
Streamlined Greta Green
as
Director
1937
September in the Rain
as
Director
1937
The Fella with a Fiddle
as
Director
1937
Plenty of Money and You
as
Director
1937
The Lyin' Mouse
as
Director
1937
He Was Her Man
as
Director
1937
Dog Daze
as
Director
1937
Sweet Sioux
as
Director
1937
- 1936
The CooCoo Nut Grove
as
Director
1936
I'm a Big Shot Now
as
Director
1936
The Cat Came Back
as
Director
1936
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time
as
Director
1936
I Wanna Play House
as
Director
1936
When I Yoo Hoo
as
Director
1936
Toy Town Hall
as
Director
1936
At Your Service Madame
as
Director
1936
Let It Be Me
as
Director
1936
Bingo Crosbyana
as
Director
1936
Boulevardier from the Bronx
as
Director
1936
- 1935
I Haven't Got a Hat
as
Director
1935
Country Boy
as
Director
1935
Country Mouse
as
Director
1935
Into Your Dance
as
Director
1935
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name
as
Director
1935
Billboard Frolics
as
Director
1935
Flowers for Madame
as
Director
1935
The Lady in Red
as
Director
1935
The Merry Old Soul
as
Director
1935
Along Flirtation Walk
as
Director
1935
Little Dutch Plate
as
Director
1935
My Green Fedora
as
Director
1935
I Haven't Got a Hat
as
Writer
1935
- 1934
Those Beautiful Dames
as
Director
1934
Pop Goes Your Heart
as
Director
1934
Why Do I Dream Those Dreams
as
Director
1934
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
as
Director
1934
Buddy and Towser
as
Director
1934
Buddy the Gob
as
Director
1934
The Girl at the Ironing Board
as
Director
1934
Beauty and the Beast
as
Director
1934
How Do I Know It's Sunday
as
Director
1934
Goin' to Heaven on a Mule
as
Director
1934
Shake Your Powder Puff
as
Director
1934
The Miller's Daughter
as
Director
1934
- 1933
- 1932
Moonlight for Two
as
Animation
1932
Bosko at the Zoo
as
Animation
1932
Battling Bosko
as
Animation
1932
Freddy the Freshman
as
Animation
1932
Big-Hearted Bosko
as
Animation
1932
Bosko's Party
as
Animation
1932
Goopy Geer
as
Animation
1932
It's Got Me Again!
as
Animation
1932
The Queen Was in the Parlor
as
Animation
1932
Bosko at the Beach
as
Animation
1932
Bosko's Store
as
Animation
1932
Bosko the Lumberjack
as
Animation
1932
Ride Him, Bosko
as
Animation
1932
Bosko the Drawback
as
Animation
1932
Bosko's Woodland Daze
as
Animation
1932
- 1931
Big Man from the North
as
Animation
1931
Ain't Nature Grand!
as
Animation
1931
Dumb Patrol
as
Animation
1931
Bosko's Holiday
as
Animation
1931
The Tree's Knees
as
Animation
1931
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
as
Animation
1931
One More Time
as
Animation
1931
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
as
Animation
1931
Bosko's Soda Fountain
as
Animation
1931
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
as
Animation
1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
Rickety Gin
as
Animation
1927
Trolley Troubles
as
Animation
1927
Oh, Teacher!
as
Animation
1927
The Mechanical Cow
as
Animation
1927
Great Guns
as
Animation
1927
All Wet
as
Animation
1927
The Banker's Daughter
as
Animation
1927
Alice's Knaughty Knight
as
Animation
1927
Alice's Three Bad Eggs
as
Animation
1927
Alice's Picnic
as
Animation
1927
Alice's Channel Swim
as
Animation
1927
Alice in the Klondike
as
Animation
1927
Alice's Medicine Show
as
Animation
1927
Alice the Beach Nut
as
Animation
1927
Alice in the Big League
as
Animation
1927
