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Friz Freleng

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Friz Freleng

Aug 21, 1906 – May 26, 1995644 titles 619 movies · 25 TV
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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 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".

Also known as

Isodore Freleng · I. Freleng · Isadore Freleng · Yosemite Friz · Friz · Isadore 'Friz' Freleng

Born

Aug 21, 1906 – May 26, 1995

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

12

Acting credits

343

Directing

23

Writing

317

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1927 16 title(s)

1928 3 title(s)

1929 6 title(s)

1930 4 title(s)

1931 10 title(s)

1932 15 title(s)

1933 9 title(s)

1934 12 title(s)

1935 12 title(s)

1936 11 title(s)

1937 11 title(s)

1938 8 title(s)

1939 5 title(s)

1940 10 title(s)

1941 10 title(s)

1942 11 title(s)

1943 9 title(s)

1944 12 title(s)

1945 7 title(s)

1946 6 title(s)

1947 6 title(s)

1948 6 title(s)

1949 12 title(s)

1950 10 title(s)

1951 10 title(s)

1952 10 title(s)

1953 11 title(s)

1954 10 title(s)

1955 16 title(s)

1956 8 title(s)

1957 9 title(s)

1958 5 title(s)

1959 9 title(s)

1960 8 title(s)

1961 6 title(s)

1962 5 title(s)

1963 5 title(s)

1964 7 title(s)

1965 33 title(s)

1966 25 title(s)

1967 13 title(s)

1968 21 title(s)

1969 14 title(s)

1970 11 title(s)

1971 19 title(s)

1972 9 title(s)

1973 11 title(s)

1974 20 title(s)

1975 15 title(s)

1976 8 title(s)

1977 7 title(s)

1978 27 title(s)

1979 15 title(s)

1980 9 title(s)

1981 3 title(s)

1982 3 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 2 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2010 7 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)