Friz Freleng
DirectingIsadore "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".
Known For
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self
Bugs Bunny Superstar
Himself
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Himself
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Himself (Archive footage)
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
Himself (archive footage)
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
Himself (Archive Footage)
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self (archive footage)
Filmography — Acting
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self
Bugs Bunny Superstar
Himself
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Himself
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Himself (Archive footage)
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
Himself (archive footage)
Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng
Himself (voice)
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
Himself (Archive Footage)
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self (archive footage)
Friz on Film
Himself
Filmography — Crew
The Lorax
Producer
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Director
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Director
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Director
The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas
Producer
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Director
Tweety's S.O.S.
Director
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Director
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Director
Speedy Gonzales
Director
Big House Bunny
Director
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Director
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
Producer
Tweety and the Beanstalk
Director
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
Director
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Director
Baseball Bugs
Director
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Director
A Kiddies Kitty
Director
Lumber Jerks
Director
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Director
Pigs in a Polka
Director
Tweetie Pie
Director
The Ant and the Aardvark
Director
A Leap in the Deep
Producer
Pink-In
Director
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
Director
A Bird in a Guilty Cage
Director
Hiss and Make Up
Director
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Director
I Gopher You
Director
Snow Business
Director
Tweety's Circus
Director
Yankee Doodle Daffy
Director
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
Director
His Bitter Half
Director
Rumors
Director
Pizzicato Pussycat
Director
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Director
Pink Daddy
Producer
Slink Pink
Producer
Hare Do
Director
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time
Director
Racketeer Rabbit
Director
Pink Ice
Director
Two Guys from Texas
Director
A Mouse Divided
Director
This Is a Life?
Director
The Inspector
Director
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Director
The Last Hungry Cat
Director
Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement
Director
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
Director
Bugs Bunny Rides Again
Director
Fowl Weather
Director
Rhapsody Rabbit
Director
Hare Brush
Director
Pigs Is Pigs
Director
Pay Your Buffalo Bill
Producer
Sink Pink
Director
The Lyin' Mouse
Director
Mama's New Hat
Director
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
Director
The Pink Phink
Director
Along Came Daffy
Director
Shocking Pink
Director
I Haven't Got a Hat
Director
Fresh Hare
Director
Dog Daze
Director
Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1
Director
Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing
Producer
Ain't She Tweet
Director
Pink 8 Ball
Producer
The Pink Quarterback
Producer
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Director
Pink DaVinci
Producer
Home, Tweet Home
Director
Kit for Cat
Director
Two Jumps and a Chump
Producer
A Star Is Hatched
Director
The Hardship of Miles Standish
Director
Person to Bunny
Director
Three Little Bops
Director
Mud Squad
Producer
Target Snafu
Director
Pink Campaign
Producer
Rabbit Every Monday
Director
Go Go Amigo
Producer
Pink Trumpet
Producer
Sprinkle Me Pink
Producer
Psst Pink
Producer
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
Director
Pinky Doodle
Producer
Tickled Pink
Producer
The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Sheriff Hoot Kloot
Producer
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Director
Bugs Bunny in Space
Director
The CooCoo Nut Grove
Director
My Little Buckeroo
Director
The Wild Chase
Director
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Director
Congratulations It's Pink
Producer
Mesa Trouble
Producer
In the Pink of the Night
Producer
Ballot Box Bunny
Director
Sandy Claws
Director
September in the Rain
Director
Pet Pink Pebbles
Producer
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Director
Bugsy and Mugsy
Director
Red Riding Hoodwinked
Director
A Bone for a Bone
Director
Pink Aye
Producer
Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother
Producer
Big Beef at the O.K. Corral
Producer
Seal Skinners
Director
Suppressed Duck
Producer
Star Pink
Producer
Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
Director
The Scarlet Pinkernel
Producer
Honey's Money
Director
Porky's Pastry Pirates
Director
Birds Anonymous
Director
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
Director
Streamlined Greta Green
Director
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
Director
Jet Pink
Producer
Canary Row
Director
Little Red Riding Rabbit
Director
A Message to Gracias
Producer
Pink Streaker
Producer
Apes of Wrath
Director
Gift Wrapped
Director
Mouse and Garden
Director
Greedy for Tweety
Director
Southern Fried Rabbit
Director
Apache on the County Seat
Producer
Porky's Hired Hand
Director
The Bookworm Turns
Director
Malibu Beach Party
Director
D' Fightin' Ones
Director
Double Chaser
Director
The Cat Came Back
Director
Hyde and Hare
Director
The Jet Cage
Director
Gong with the Pink
Producer
The Bookworm
Director
The Fighting 69½th
Director
A Taste of Catnip
Producer
Pink Pull
Producer
Pink Pictures
Producer
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
Director
Little Red Rodent Hood
Director
Pink Suds
Producer
The Cat's Tale
Director
Lucky Pink
Producer
Country Boy
Director
Stork Naked
Director
Daffy Flies North
Director
Pink Lightning
Producer
Herr Meets Hare
Director
Hyde and Go Tweet
Director
Supermarket Pink
Producer
Meatless Flyday
Director
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
Director
Slick Hare
Director
Pink Arcade
Producer
Snake in the Gracias
Producer
Those Beautiful Dames
Director
Trip for Tat
Director
Giddy Up Woe
Producer
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Director
The Rebel Without Claws
Writer
The Wacky Worm
Director
Doctor Pink
Producer
Mexican Mousepiece
Producer
Rabbit Transit
Director
The Mad Maestro
Director
Roman Legion-Hare
Director
Prince Violent
Director
The Fair Haired Hare
Director
A Taste of Money
Producer
Dietetic Pink
Producer
Of Thee I Sting
Director
The Miller's Daughter
Director
Keep Our Forests Pink
Producer
Horse Hare
Director
Strange on the Range
Producer
Pink Plasma
Producer
Bridgework
Producer
Serape Happy
Producer
Pinkfinger
Director
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
Director
Goo Goo Goliath
Director
The Unmentionables
Director
Pinkadilly Circus
Producer
Stooge for a Mouse
Director
Bugs and Thugs
Director
Phony Express
Producer
Rabbitson Crusoe
Director
Salmon Pink
Producer
Room and Bird
Director
An Ounce of Pink
Producer
Mexicali Shmoes
Director
Yankee Doodle Pink
Producer
The Froggy Froggy Duo
Producer
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Director
Kloot's Kounty
Producer
By Hoot or By Crook
Producer
Pink Paradise
Producer
Chili Corn Corny
Producer
Looney Tunes All Stars
Director
Pink Pranks
Producer
The Pink of Bagdad
Producer
Pink Press
Producer
Go for Croak
Producer
Satan's Waitin'
Director
Country Mouse
Director
Bobolink Pink
Producer
Pink Elephant
Producer
Devil's Feud Cake
Director
The Badge and the Beautiful
Producer
Rocky Pink
Producer
As the Tumbleweed Turns
Producer
Pink Lemonade
Producer
Flight to the Finish
Producer
The Lion's Busy
Director
Canned Feud
Director
Pink, Plunk, Plink
Producer
Pink Panther in Olym-pinks
Director
Wild and Woolly Hare
Director
Golden Yeggs
Director
Pink Punch
Producer
Daffy - The Commando
Director
Cracked Quack
Director
Ding Dog Daddy
Director
Putty Tat Trouble
Director
Confederate Honey
Director
14 Carrot Rabbit
Director
Robot Rabbit
Director
A-Haunting We Will Go
Producer
Knights Must Fall
Director
Pinkologist
Producer
I Taw a Putty Tat
Director
Life with Feathers
Director
Porky's Bear Facts
Director
Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy
Director
Pink S.W.A.T.
Producer
Sky Blue Pink
Producer
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Director
Beauty and the Beast
Director
Pink Panic
Producer
Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14
Producer
The Astroduck
Producer
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Director
Pappy's Puppy
Director
Pink on the Cob
Producer
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
Director
Looney Tunes: Best of Speedy Gonzales Volume 1
Director
Foxy by Proxy
Director
Pink U.F.O.
Producer
Pink Valiant
Producer
Plenty of Money and You
Director
The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi!
Producer
Genie with the Light Pink Fur
Producer
Pink Pistons
Producer
Vitamin Pink
Producer
Into Your Dance
Director
A Pink Christmas
Producer
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
Writer
The Chocolate Chase
Director
Curtain Razor
Director
Little Blabbermouse
Director
Extinct Pink
Producer
The Sheepish Wolf
Director
Come On In! The Water's Pink
Producer
Pickled Pink
Director
Pink of the Litter
Producer
Put-Put, Pink
Producer
Tijuana Toads
Producer
The Honduras Hurricane
Director
Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
Director
Gold Struck
Producer
Buddy's Beer Garden
Director
The Girl at the Ironing Board
Director
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Director
Goldilocks
Producer
I'm a Big Shot Now
Director
Petunia Natural Park
Director
All a Bir-r-r-d
Director
Pink Posies
Producer
Fright Before Christmas
Writer
The Pink Flea
Producer
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Director
Fifth Column Mouse
Director
Tree for Two
Director
Hollywood Daffy
Director
Pink Breakfast
Producer
A Pizza Tweety-Pie
Director
The Dogfather
Producer
Knighty Knight Bugs
Director
Dough for the Do-Do
Director
Croakus Pocus
Producer
Tugboat Granny
Director
Daffy Rents
Producer
Pink and Shovel
Producer
The Pink Blueprint
Producer
Pink Bananas
Producer
Pink in the Drink
Producer
In the Pink
Producer
Never on Thirsty
Producer
A Squeak in the Deep
Producer
Flying Feet
Producer
The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye
Producer
Sahara Hare
Director
The Captain's Christmas
Director
Pinkcome Tax
Producer
Snafuperman
Director
The Merry Old Soul
Director
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
Director
Chaser on the Rocks
Producer
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
Director
The Pink Tail Fly
Director
Tweet Tweet Tweety
Director
Robin Goodhood
Producer
Cat and the Pinkstalk
Producer
Pancho's Hideaway
Director
Shop Look & Listen
Director
Mexican Boarders
Director
A Pair of Greenbacks
Producer
Wise Quackers
Director
How Do I Know It's Sunday
Director
Toro Pink
Producer
Tweet and Lovely
Director
Pinknic
Producer
Dial 'P' for Pink
Director
The Shoe Must Go On
Producer
Hare Force
Director
A Fly in the Pink
Producer
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
Director
Muzzle Tough
Director
Bosko in Dutch
Director
Tom Tom Tomcat
Director
Hop and Chop
Producer
His Hare Raising Tale
Director
A Bird in a Bonnet
Director
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
Director
Goldimouse and the Three Cats
Director
Calling Dr. Porky
Director
Pink-A-Rella
Producer
Bully for Pink
Producer
By Word of Mouse
Director
A Star Is Bored
Director
Crows' Feat
Director
Tweet and Sour
Director
Shishkabugs
Director
Pests for Guests
Director
High Diving Hare
Director
The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Tour
Producer
Trail of the Lonesome Pink
Producer
Saps in Chaps
Director
The Great Continental Overland Cross-Country Race
Producer
The Pink Pro
Producer
Sweet and Sourdough
Producer
Peck Up Your Troubles
Director
Bosko's Picture Show
Director
So Much for So Little
Writer
Forty Pink Winks
Producer
Pinktails for Two
Producer
G.I. Pink
Producer
Highway Runnery
Producer
Buddy the Gob
Director
Here Today, Gone Tamale
Director
Mexican Cat Dance
Director
Pink Pest Control
Producer
A Dopey Hacienda
Producer
Ain't That Ducky
Director
Three Brothers
Director
Pink Outs
Producer
Pink Blue Plate
Producer
Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner
Producer
The Pink Pill
Producer
Mutiny on the Bunny
Director
Each Dawn I Crow
Director
Gripes
Director
Snow Excuse
Producer
Toy Town Hall
Director
Mystic Pink
Producer
Ten Miles to the Gallop
Producer
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink
Producer
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name
Director
Swing Ding Amigo
Producer
Stirrups and Hiccups
Producer
Pink in the Clink
Producer
Mucho Locos
Producer
Bunker Hill Bunny
Director
The Pink of Arabee
Producer
He Was Her Man
Director
Reel Pink
Producer
Prehistoric Pink
Producer
Lighter Than Hare
Director
From Hare to Heir
Director
Homeless Homer
Director
Think Before You Pink
Producer
Well Worn Daffy
Producer
Nuts and Volts
Director
Yankee Doodle Bugs
Director
Hop, Skip and a Chump
Director
Buccaneer Bunny
Director
Tease for Two
Producer
Just Plane Beep
Producer
Super Pink
Producer
Two Crows from Tacos
Director
Corn on the Cop
Producer
Feather Finger
Producer
Stage Door Cartoon
Director
Yankee Dood It
Director
It's Pink But Is It Mink?
Producer
Gonzales' Tamales
Director
Tree Cornered Tweety
Director
My Green Fedora
Director
Pink Piper
Producer
A Waggily Tale
Director
Road to Andalay
Director
The Lady in Red
Director
The Pink Package Plot
Producer
Pink Sphinx
Producer
Heir-Conditioned
Director
Tired and Feathered
Producer
Hare Trimmed
Director
Spark Plug Pink
Producer
Hare-abian Nights
Director
Smile Pretty, Say Pink
Producer
Bosko in Person
Director
Pinto Pink
Producer
Clippety Clobbered
Producer
Clean Pastures
Director
Boulder Wham!
Producer
The Yolks on You
Director
Gem Dandy
Producer
Fastest Tongue in the West
Producer
Therapeutic Pink
Producer
Hare Lift
Director
Flowers for Madame
Director
Back Alley Oproar
Director
Daffy's Diner
Producer
A Self-Winding Sidewinder
Producer
Hairied and Hurried
Producer
Cattle Battle
Producer
Operation Snafu
Director
String Along in Pink
Producer
Little Beaux Pink
Producer
The Gay Anties
Director
Chili Weather
Director
Hare-Less Wolf
Director
A Day at the Beach
Director
Pink Tuba-Dore
Producer
Little Dutch Plate
Director
Bad Ol' Putty Tat
Director
The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special
Director
Duck Soup to Nuts
Director
Greetings Bait
Director
Captain Hareblower
Director
Pink in the Woods
Producer
Sherlock Pink
Producer
Sweet Sioux
Director
Frog Jog
Producer
Rock-A-Bye Pinky
Producer
The Solid Tin Coyote
Producer
Prefabricated Pink
Producer
Holiday for Shoestrings
Director
At Your Service Madame
Director
Foney Fables
Director
Cats and Bruises
Director
Sugar and Spies
Producer
Catty Cornered
Director
Show Biz Bugs
Director
Hare Splitter
Director
Sport Chumpions
Director
Hawks and Doves
Producer
I Wanna Play House
Director
The Fella with a Fiddle
Director
Hen Fruit
Director
Out and Out Rout
Producer
Ant Pasted
Director
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
Director
Let It Be Me
Director
Tweet Dreams
Director
Rookie Revue
Director
Boulevardier from the Bronx
Director
Rushing Roulette
Producer
Lights Fantastic
Director
Psychedelic Pink
Producer
Trick or Tweet
Director
Billboard Frolics
Director
Pink Z-Z-Z
Producer
Goin' to Heaven on a Mule
Director
Pink Pajamas
Director
When I Yoo Hoo
Director
Pink Panzer
Producer
Pay Day
Director
Rhapsody in Rivets
Director
War and Pieces
Producer
Jungle Jitters
Director
Clerow Wilson's Great Escape
Producer
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
Director
Bad-Time Story
Director
Poultry Pirates
Director
Pink Quackers
Producer
Tweet Zoo
Director
Saddle Soap Opera
Producer
Shot and Bothered
Producer
Hare Trigger
Director
Dog Pounded
Director
Napoleon Bunny-Part
Director
We Give Pink Stamps
Director
Buddy and Towser
Director
The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3
Producer
Why Do I Dream Those Dreams
Director
Slightly Daffy
Director
Bingo Crosbyana
Director
The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Crazylegs Crane
Director
Pop Goes Your Heart
Director
Notes to You
Director
Shake Your Powder Puff
Director
Along Flirtation Walk
Director
Hot Spot
Director
Piker's Peak
Director
The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2
Producer
The Wicked West
Director
The Pygmy Hunt
Director
Fiery Fireman
Director
Beau Bosko
Director
Which Is Witch
Director
Moby Duck
Producer
Stripes and Stars
Director
Weary Willies
Director
Mouse Mazurka
Director