Who Was Chuck Jones? (Who was?)

By: Jim Gigliotti and Who Hq and John Hinderliter

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Synopsis: "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 Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781524786571
Related ISBNs:: 9780448488578
Publisher:: Penguin Young Readers Group
Date of Addition:: 12/05/17
Copyrighted By:: Jim Gigliotti, Who Hq, John Hinderliter
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Humor
Grade Levels:: Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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