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Born August 21, 1906 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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 Warners shut down the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, which produced cartoons (notably The Pink Panther Show), feature film title sequences, and Saturday morning cartoons through the early 1980s. The nickname "Friz" came from his friend Hugh Harman, who initially nicknamed him "Congressman Frizby" after a fictional senator that was in articles in the Los Angeles Examiner. Over time this shortened to "Friz".

Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
2020

The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Crazylegs Crane
2016

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
2011

Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy
2010

The Essential Bugs Bunny
2010
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
2010

Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
2010

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
2010
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
2007

The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 1
2005

The Pink Panther Classic: Cartoon Collection Vol. 2
2005

Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1
2004

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
2003

Looney Tunes All Stars
1999

Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
1998

Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
1998

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
1991

Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
1991

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
1988

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
1983

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982

Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
1982

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981

Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
1981

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
1980

The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
1980

The Chocolate Chase
1980

The Yolks on You
1980

Daffy Flies North
1980

Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement
1980

Pink Panther in Olym-pinks
1980

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
1979

Fright Before Christmas
1979

Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
1979

Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
1979

The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special
1979

How Bugs Bunny Won the West
1978

Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
1977

Bugs Bunny in Space
1977

Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
1977

Pink-In
1971

The Ant and the Aardvark
1969

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
1965

The Inspector
1965

The Pink Tail Fly
1965

Pink Ice
1965

Shocking Pink
1965

Pinkfinger
1965

Pickled Pink
1965

Sink Pink
1965

Dial 'P' for Pink
1965

The Wild Chase
1965

We Give Pink Stamps
1965

Cats and Bruises
1965

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
1965

Road to Andalay
1964

Pink Pajamas
1964

The Pink Phink
1964

Pancho's Hideaway
1964

Nuts and Volts
1964

The Unmentionables
1963

Chili Weather
1963

Mexican Cat Dance
1963

Devil's Feud Cake
1963

Shishkabugs
1962

The Jet Cage
1962

Honey's Money
1962

Mexican Boarders
1962

Crows' Feat
1962

The Last Hungry Cat
1961

Prince Violent
1961

The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
1961

The Rebel Without Claws
1961

D' Fightin' Ones
1961

Bad-Time Story
1961

Lighter Than Hare
1960

Trip for Tat
1960

From Hare to Heir
1960

Mouse and Garden
1960

Hyde and Go Tweet
1960

Person to Bunny
1960

Goldimouse and the Three Cats
1960

Horse Hare
1960

Tweet Dreams
1959

Here Today, Gone Tamale
1959

Wild and Woolly Hare
1959

Tweet and Lovely
1959

Mexicali Shmoes
1959

Apes of Wrath
1959

Trick or Tweet
1959

Hare-abian Nights
1959

A Bird in a Bonnet
1958

Knighty Knight Bugs
1958

A Waggily Tale
1958

A Pizza Tweety-Pie
1958

Hare-Less Wolf
1958

Gonzales' Tamales
1957

Show Biz Bugs
1957

Greedy for Tweety
1957

Bugsy and Mugsy
1957

Birds Anonymous
1957

Piker's Peak
1957

Tweety and the Beanstalk
1957

Tweet Zoo
1957

Three Little Bops
1957

Two Crows from Tacos
1956

Yankee Dood It
1956

A Star Is Bored
1956

Tugboat Granny
1956

Napoleon Bunny-Part
1956

Tree Cornered Tweety
1956

Rabbitson Crusoe
1956

Tweet and Sour
1956

Pappy's Puppy
1955

Heir-Conditioned
1955

Roman Legion-Hare
1955

Red Riding Hoodwinked
1955

Speedy Gonzales
1955

Hyde and Hare
1955

A Kiddies Kitty
1955

This Is a Life?
1955

Lumber Jerks
1955

Tweety's Circus
1955

Hare Brush
1955

Sandy Claws
1955

Sahara Hare
1955

Stork Naked
1955

Pests for Guests
1955

Pizzicato Pussycat
1955

By Word of Mouse
1954

Goo Goo Goliath
1954

Yankee Doodle Bugs
1954

Satan's Waitin'
1954

Muzzle Tough
1954

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
1954

Bugs and Thugs
1954

I Gopher You
1954

Captain Hareblower
1954

Dog Pounded
1954

Robot Rabbit
1953

Catty Cornered
1953

A Street Cat Named Sylvester
1953

Looney Tunes: Best of Speedy Gonzales Volume 1
1953

Tom Tom Tomcat
1953

Hare Trimmed
1953

Ant Pasted
1953

Southern Fried Rabbit
1953

Fowl Weather
1953

A Mouse Divided
1953

Snow Business
1953

Hare Lift
1952

Tree for Two
1952

A Bird in a Guilty Cage
1952

Cracked Quack
1952

Ain't She Tweet
1952

Orange Blossoms for Violet
1952

Little Red Rodent Hood
1952

14 Carrot Rabbit
1952

Foxy by Proxy
1952

Gift Wrapped
1952

Tweet Tweet Tweety
1951

Ballot Box Bunny
1951

Tweety's S.O.S.
1951

His Hare Raising Tale
1951

Room and Bird
1951

The Fair Haired Hare
1951

A Bone for a Bone
1951

Putty Tat Trouble
1951

Rabbit Every Monday
1951

Canned Feud
1951

Stooge for a Mouse
1950

Canary Row
1950

Bunker Hill Bunny
1950

Golden Yeggs
1950

All a Bir-r-r-d
1950

His Bitter Half
1950

Big House Bunny
1950

The Lion's Busy
1950

Mutiny on the Bunny
1950

Home, Tweet Home
1950

Which Is Witch
1949

Each Dawn I Crow
1949

Dough for the Do-Do
1949

Bad Ol' Putty Tat
1949

Knights Must Fall
1949

Mouse Mazurka
1949

Curtain Razor
1949

High Diving Hare
1949

Hare Do
1949

Wise Quackers
1949

Kit for Cat
1948

Hare Splitter
1948

Two Guys from Texas
1948

Bugs Bunny Rides Again
1948

Buccaneer Bunny
1948

I Taw a Putty Tat
1948

Back Alley Oproar
1948

Slick Hare
1947

Along Came Daffy
1947

Rabbit Transit
1947

Tweetie Pie
1947

A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947

The Gay Anties
1947

Rhapsody Rabbit
1946

Racketeer Rabbit
1946

Of Thee I Sting
1946

Hollywood Daffy
1946

Holiday for Shoestrings
1946

Baseball Bugs
1946

Peck Up Your Troubles
1945

Operation Snafu
1945

Hot Spot
1945

Ain't That Ducky
1945

Hare Trigger
1945

Life with Feathers
1945

Herr Meets Hare
1945

Stage Door Cartoon
1944

Target Snafu
1944

Three Brothers
1944

Pay Day
1944

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944

Hare Force
1944

Slightly Daffy
1944

Duck Soup to Nuts
1944

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
1944

Snafuperman
1944

Meatless Flyday
1944

Little Red Riding Rabbit
1944

Rumors
1943

Daffy - The Commando
1943

Hiss and Make Up
1943

Gripes
1943

Fifth Column Mouse
1943

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
1943

Yankee Doodle Daffy
1943

Greetings Bait
1943

Pigs in a Polka
1943

Ding Dog Daddy
1942

The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
1942

The Sheepish Wolf
1942

Fresh Hare
1942

Foney Fables
1942

Double Chaser
1942

Lights Fantastic
1942

Saps in Chaps
1942

The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
1942

Porky's Pastry Pirates
1942

Hop, Skip and a Chump
1942

Rhapsody in Rivets
1941

Rookie Revue
1941

Notes to You
1941

Sport Chumpions
1941

The Wacky Worm
1941

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
1941

The Trial of Mr. Wolf
1941

Porky's Bear Facts
1941

The Cat's Tale
1941

The Fighting 69½th
1941

Shop Look & Listen
1940

Porky's Hired Hand
1940

Calling Dr. Porky
1940

Malibu Beach Party
1940

The Bookworm Turns
1940

Porky's Baseball Broadcast
1940

Little Blabbermouse
1940

You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940

The Hardship of Miles Standish
1940

Confederate Honey
1940
The Mad Maestro
1939

The Bookworm
1939

Mama's New Hat
1939

Seal Skinners
1939

Petunia Natural Park
1939

The Captain's Christmas
1938

The Honduras Hurricane
1938

The Pygmy Hunt
1938

A Day at the Beach
1938

Poultry Pirates
1938

A Star Is Hatched
1938

Jungle Jitters
1938

My Little Buckeroo
1938

September in the Rain
1937

The Lyin' Mouse
1937

Dog Daze
1937

Plenty of Money and You
1937

Sweet Sioux
1937

Streamlined Greta Green
1937

Clean Pastures
1937

She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
1937

The Fella with a Fiddle
1937

Pigs Is Pigs
1937

He Was Her Man
1937

The CooCoo Nut Grove
1936

Boulevardier from the Bronx
1936

Toy Town Hall
1936

At Your Service Madame
1936

Sunday Go to Meetin' Time
1936

When I Yoo Hoo
1936

Bingo Crosbyana
1936

Let It Be Me
1936

I'm a Big Shot Now
1936

The Cat Came Back
1936

I Wanna Play House
1936

Flowers for Madame
1935

Billboard Frolics
1935

Little Dutch Plate
1935

The Lady in Red
1935

The Merry Old Soul
1935

Country Mouse
1935

Into Your Dance
1935

My Green Fedora
1935

Along Flirtation Walk
1935

I Haven't Got a Hat
1935

Country Boy
1935

Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name
1935

Pop Goes Your Heart
1934

Those Beautiful Dames
1934

Shake Your Powder Puff
1934

The Miller's Daughter
1934

The Girl at the Ironing Board
1934

Why Do I Dream Those Dreams
1934

How Do I Know It's Sunday
1934

Goin' to Heaven on a Mule
1934

Buddy's Trolley Troubles
1934

Beauty and the Beast
1934

Buddy and Towser
1934

Buddy the Gob
1934

Buddy's Beer Garden
1933

Bosko's Picture Show
1933

Beau Bosko
1933

Bosko in Person
1933

Bosko in Dutch
1933

Weary Willies
1929
The Wicked West
1929
Stripes and Stars
1929

Hen Fruit
1929

Homeless Homer
1929

Fiery Fireman
1928
Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng
2016

That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
2014

Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
2012

King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012

Friz on Film
2006

Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
2005

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003

The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986

Bugs Bunny Superstar
1976