Friz Freleng

Director

August 21, 1906 (88 years)

† May 26, 1995

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Biography

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' Termi…

Filmography

7.3

The Inspector

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7.0

Speedy Gonzales

Speedy comes to the aid of a group of mice trying to get the cheese from a factory guarded by Sylvester.

7.2

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

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

7.4

A Mouse Divided

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!

5.9

Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies

Easter-themed showcase of classic Warner Bros. cartoons, hosted by Bugs Bunny and Granny.

N/A

The Dogfather

The Dogfather was a parody of The Godfather, but with canines as part of the Italian organized crime syndicate.

7.1

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

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.

7.8

Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy

It's not your imagination; you really "taw a puddy tat." Laugh your way through 15 bird-chasing, all-time cartoon favorites with "Looney Tunes Super Stars: Tweety & Sylvester." It's a grand collection featuring the clever canary and the cagey cat. Includes classic Warner Bros. cartoons like "The Last Hungry Cat," "Snow Business," "Birds Anonymous" and the Oscar-winning short "Tweetie Pie."

6.7

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

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!

7.2

The Ant and the Aardvark

An aardvark tries to catch one ant without success.

6.7

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

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.

8.8

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One

A Blu-ray Disc and DVD box set containing 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. All but seven cartoons included on this volume - Lovelorn Leghorn, The Hasty Hare, Hare-Way to the Stars, Bill of Hare, A Witch's Tangled Hare, Feline Frame-Up, and From A to Z-Z-Z-Z - have been previously released, either as a part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection or a Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD.

6.5

Yankee Doodle Daffy

Daffy is an agent representing Sleepy Lagoon, trying to sell him to talent scout Porky. Daffy spends a great deal of time and energy explaining and demonstrating what the kid can do, while the kid sits on a couch licking a giant sucker.

6.0

The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special

Porky Pig introduces tonight's feature à la Hitchcock: F.B.I./C.I.A. agent Elmer Fudd is after a tall dark stranger who robbed a bank. After confusing him with Bugs Bunny, the chase is on through various classic Warner Bros. shorts themed around crime.

6.8

Tweetie Pie

Thomas the cat finds Tweetie in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour him, but Thomas doesn't give up.

5.9

Hare Splitter

When Bugs arrives for his date with Daisy Lou and finds her out shopping, he puts on her clothes to fool his rival Casbah.

6.0

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a 4-disk DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. The first release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD series, it contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.

6.7

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

Bugs Bunny encounters the legendary giant.

7.5

You Ought to Be in Pictures

Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig to quit the cartoon biz and try his luck in the features. Porky's adventures begin when he tries to enter the movie studio.

6.8

Hare Force

Granny lets Bugs Bunny come in from the cold, but her dog Sylvester will have none of it.