Friz Freleng

Directing

Friz Freleng

Born — Died

1906-08-21 — 1995-05-26

Place of birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

52 titles

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 Wa…

Known for

Gremlins poster
7.1

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

Gremlins

1984

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales poster
7.2

If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster
7.3

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

Camera Three poster
7.7

Camera Three is an American variety show devoted to the arts. It ran on CBS from January 22, 1956 to January 21, 1979, and moved to PBS in its final year to make way for the then-new CBS News Sunday Morning. The PBS version ran from October 4, 1979 to July 10, 1980. Camera Three featured programs showcasing drama, ballet, art, music, anything involving fine arts. One of its most notable presentations was a condensation of Marc Blitzstein's leftist opera The Cradle Will Rock. Presented on November 29, 1964, it was a dramatic demonstration of how far television had come since its early days, in its willingness to present a work that surely would have been banned from the airwaves during the era of Joseph McCarthy.

Camera Three

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The Lorax poster
7.2

The Once-ler, a ruined industrialist, tells the tale of his rise to wealth and subsequent fall, as he disregarded the warnings of a wise old forest creature called the Lorax about the environmental destruction caused by his greed.

The Lorax

1972

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide poster
6.8

Two street tough canines chase Sylvester Cat into the lab of Dr. Jerkyl, where he drinks the Mr. Hyde formula.

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide

1954

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales poster
7.2

If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales poster
7.2

If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales poster
7.2

If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster
7.3

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster
7.3

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster
7.3

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

The Lorax poster
7.2

The Once-ler, a ruined industrialist, tells the tale of his rise to wealth and subsequent fall, as he disregarded the warnings of a wise old forest creature called the Lorax about the environmental destruction caused by his greed.

The Lorax

1972

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide poster
6.8

Two street tough canines chase Sylvester Cat into the lab of Dr. Jerkyl, where he drinks the Mr. Hyde formula.

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide

1954

Tweety's S.O.S. poster
7.1

Sylvester Cat stows away aboard a seagoing passenger liner to try and catch Tweety Bird, who is guarded by his mistress, Granny. Sylvester becomes seasick and runs to the sickbay for a remedy. Tweety mixes nitro into the medicine before Sylvester drinks it. When Granny hits Sylvester with her broom, he is blown sky-high.

Tweety's S.O.S.

1951

Sink Pink poster
7.2

An eccentric man has built an ark and has filled it with specimens of all animals except one - a pink panther. To complete his zoological collection, the man sets out, rifle in hand, to hunt the Pink Panther, who leads the man on a futile chase through a jungle.

Sink Pink

1965

Sink Pink poster
7.2

An eccentric man has built an ark and has filled it with specimens of all animals except one - a pink panther. To complete his zoological collection, the man sets out, rifle in hand, to hunt the Pink Panther, who leads the man on a futile chase through a jungle.

Sink Pink

1965

A Fly in the Pink poster
6.7

A scientifically-enhanced fruit fly attacks the Pink Panther's apples, and he decides to get revenge.

A Fly in the Pink

1971

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales poster
7.1

A TV movie special that compiles of a few Looney Tunes episodes centered around an episode of a Christmas Carol, with the part of Scrooge played by Yosemite Sam.

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

1979

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales poster
7.1

A TV movie special that compiles of a few Looney Tunes episodes centered around an episode of a Christmas Carol, with the part of Scrooge played by Yosemite Sam.

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

1979

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales poster
7.1

A TV movie special that compiles of a few Looney Tunes episodes centered around an episode of a Christmas Carol, with the part of Scrooge played by Yosemite Sam.

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

1979

A Mouse Divided poster
7.4

A drunken stork delivers a baby mouse to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Cat. Sylvester is about to eat the little rodent when it calls him Daddy. Touched, Sylvester adopts the mouse as his son - which, distressingly, attracts every hungry cat in the neighborhood to his door!

A Mouse Divided

1953

Bad Ol' Putty Tat poster
6.9

Sylvester Cat starts to saw down Tweety Bird's house. Tweety flees into a badminton court, where he becomes the birdie in the game. Sylvester disguises himself as a player, and Tweety drops a TNT stick into Sylvester's mouth.

Bad Ol' Putty Tat

1949

The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas poster
6.4

While the rest of the world is getting ready for Christmas, all the bears in Bearbank are getting ready to sleep… except for Ted E. Bear. Ted gets curious about the holiday, and sets out to learn the meaning of it from Santa Claus himself.

The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas

1973

The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye poster
6.6

A cold Pink Panther sneaks into a house owned by a magician and gets irritated by a rabbit who keeps bothering him.

The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye

1967

The Pink Tail Fly poster
7.2

A very resistant bug won't let Pink Panther go to sleep.

The Pink Tail Fly

1965

The Pink Tail Fly poster
7.2

A very resistant bug won't let Pink Panther go to sleep.

The Pink Tail Fly

1965

It's Pink But Is It Mink? poster
6.0

Jane sends Tarzan to catch the Pink Panther so she can make pink clothing from his fur.

It's Pink But Is It Mink?

1975

Pink Sphinx poster
7.2

The Pink Panther buys a camel and goes searching for a hidden tomb.

Pink Sphinx

1968

Dog Pounded poster
7.9

Sylvester Cat tries to catch Tweety Bird, who is up in a tree in the middle of the city dog pound.

Dog Pounded

1954

Pinkfinger poster
6.7

Intrigued by the idea of being a spy, the Pink Panther comes upon a gang of foreign agents scheming to detonate a series of black-ball bombs.

Pinkfinger

1965

Pinkfinger poster
6.7

Intrigued by the idea of being a spy, the Pink Panther comes upon a gang of foreign agents scheming to detonate a series of black-ball bombs.

Pinkfinger

1965

Pink on the Cob poster
6.7

The Pink Panther operates a farm and battles two crows trying to eat his corn field.

Pink on the Cob

1969

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island poster
6.7

Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets up a resort around the well and various Looney Tunes characters have their dreams come true. Meanwhile, Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil hunt for the varmints who stole their treasure map!

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

1983

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island poster
6.7

Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets up a resort around the well and various Looney Tunes characters have their dreams come true. Meanwhile, Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil hunt for the varmints who stole their treasure map!

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

1983

Knighty Knight Bugs poster
7.2

King Arthur's kingdom and the knights of the Round Table are in the doldrums since the Dark Knight stole the Singing Sword and put it under the protection of a fire-breathing dragon. The king's jester, Bugs Bunny, says only a fool would try to steal it back, so the king orders him to try. The jester boldly enters the Dark Knight's castle, initially catching his adversaries napping, but when the Singing Sword wakes the knight and the dragon, can Bugs complete his mission? He's a clever fool. A moat, portcullis, and catapult all figure in the face off.

Knighty Knight Bugs

1958

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House poster
5.6

When Speedy Gonzales invades the home of Granny and rapidly drives her cat, Sylvester, to a nervous breakdown, Granny calls on Daffy Duck of the Jet Age Pest Control company to do the job of removing Gonzales from her home.

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

1965

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House poster
5.6

When Speedy Gonzales invades the home of Granny and rapidly drives her cat, Sylvester, to a nervous breakdown, Granny calls on Daffy Duck of the Jet Age Pest Control company to do the job of removing Gonzales from her home.

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

1965

Come On In! The Water's Pink poster
6.2

The Pink Panther arrives on his motorcycle at Bicep Beach, where a hulky, egotistical man is flexing his muscles for a group of bathing beauties. Using his bag-full of inflatable items, including muscles, weights, a swimming pool, waterskis, and balloon animals, the Pink Panther diverts the beauties' attention away from the muscleman, who angrily tries to regain his dominant-guy-on-the-beach status.

Come On In! The Water's Pink

1968

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters poster
6.8

In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in Daffy Dilly (1948), is the beneficiary for the deceased millionaire's assets. But the millionaire's will clearly stipulates that Daffy must use the money for the common good, by providing a service, and should Daffy think of pursuing selfish aims, the millionaire's ghost will "repossess" his millions by making them disappear from Earthly existence. Under the pretense of community service, Daffy opens an exorcism agency and employs Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, and Bugs Bunny to track and eliminate ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters, while Daffy secretly schemes to use his learned "ghost-busting" talents to rid himself of the millionaire's nagging spirit.

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

1988

The Pink Phink poster
7.3

A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink.

The Pink Phink

1964

The Pink Phink poster
7.3

A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink.

The Pink Phink

1964

Hop, Skip and a Chump poster
6.6

A grasshopper toys with two crows trying to catch him.

Hop, Skip and a Chump

1942

Prefabricated Pink poster
6.8

The Pink Panther decides to work at a construction site, but wreaks havoc instead.

Prefabricated Pink

1967

Dial 'P' for Pink poster
7.5

A short, pointy-nosed safecracker intends to rob a safe in a building, but he doesn't realize that the safe is occupied by the Pink Panther, who has made the safe his home.

Dial 'P' for Pink

1965

Dial 'P' for Pink poster
7.5

A short, pointy-nosed safecracker intends to rob a safe in a building, but he doesn't realize that the safe is occupied by the Pink Panther, who has made the safe his home.

Dial 'P' for Pink

1965