Sept 21, 1912. Born at Spokane, WA, Chuck Jones worked as a child extra in Hollywood in the 1920s. After attending art school, he landed a job washing animation cels for famed Disney animator Ub Iwerks. He learned the craft, and by 1962 he headed his own unit at Warner Bros. Animation. He created the characters Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Marvin the Martian and Pepe le Pew. He worked on the development of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, and also produced, directed and wrote the screenplay for the animated 1966 television classic Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He won several Academy Awards for his work, and his cartoon Whats Opera, Doc? is in the National Film Registry. He died on Feb 22, 2002, at Corona del Mar, CA. Read more at http://www.chuckjones.com/.
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