
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
7.1After 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
7.2If 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
7.3Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
7.7Camera 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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7.2The 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
6.8Two 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
2010s · 3 titles
3.5Meet the creators of the Looney Tunes, animation's zaniest and most beloved characters! Join Chuck Jones, Friz Freling and Mel Blanc as they share rare and personal memories about Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and some of the wildest stories behind your favorite cartoons!
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
2014
Documentary short
Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng
2016
7.0Focuses on how the legend of animation, Tex Avery, revolutionized cartoons.
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012
2000s · 2 titles
8.0A documentary on the Looney Tunes. Including interviews from people who worked on it, and their family.
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
8.0Looney Tunes Friz Freleng appears in interview segments in this excellent documentary, which spends nearly an hour examining Freleng's history, career, talent, comic timing and classic shorts.
Friz on Film
2006
1990s · 2 titles
1980s · 3 titles
7.1After 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
7.3Some of the biggest stars in show business pay a fun tribute to Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes to mark their 50th anniversary.
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
5.7A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
Series credits
Behind the camera
7.2If 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
7.2If 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
7.2If 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
7.3Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
7.3Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
7.3Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
7.2The 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
6.8Two street tough canines chase Sylvester Cat into the lab of Dr. Jerkyl, where he drinks the Mr. Hyde formula.
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
1954
7.1Sylvester 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
7.2An 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
7.2An 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
6.7A scientifically-enhanced fruit fly attacks the Pink Panther's apples, and he decides to get revenge.
A Fly in the Pink
1971
7.1A 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
7.1A 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
7.1A 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
7.4A 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
6.9Sylvester 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
6.4While 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
6.6A 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
7.2A very resistant bug won't let Pink Panther go to sleep.
The Pink Tail Fly
1965
7.2A very resistant bug won't let Pink Panther go to sleep.
The Pink Tail Fly
1965
6.0Jane sends Tarzan to catch the Pink Panther so she can make pink clothing from his fur.
It's Pink But Is It Mink?
1975
7.2The Pink Panther buys a camel and goes searching for a hidden tomb.
Pink Sphinx
1968
7.9Sylvester Cat tries to catch Tweety Bird, who is up in a tree in the middle of the city dog pound.
Dog Pounded
1954
6.7Intrigued 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
6.7Intrigued 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
6.7The Pink Panther operates a farm and battles two crows trying to eat his corn field.
Pink on the Cob
1969
6.7Daffy 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
6.7Daffy 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
7.2King 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
5.6When 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
5.6When 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
6.2The 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
6.8In 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
7.3A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink.
The Pink Phink
1964
7.3A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink.
The Pink Phink
1964
6.6A grasshopper toys with two crows trying to catch him.
Hop, Skip and a Chump
1942
6.8The Pink Panther decides to work at a construction site, but wreaks havoc instead.
Prefabricated Pink
1967
7.5A 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
7.5A 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



