Friz Freleng
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 21, 1906
Day of Death: May 26, 1995 (89 years old)
Place of Birth: 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".
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Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
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Fright Before Christmas
Director
Fright Before Christmas
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Fright Before Christmas
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Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
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Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
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The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special
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Spark Plug Pink
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Doctor Pink
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Pink Suds
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Toro Pink
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Pink Breakfast
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Pink Quackers
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Pink in the Woods
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String Along in Pink
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Pink Pull
1978
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How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Producer
Pinkologist
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Star Pink
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Pink Trumpet
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Pink Z-Z-Z
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Pink Bananas
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Yankee Doodle Pink
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Pink in the Drink
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Pink Press
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Pinktails for Two
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Pet Pink Pebbles
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The Pink of Bagdad
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Cat and the Pinkstalk
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Pink U.F.O.
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Dietetic Pink
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Sprinkle Me Pink
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Pink Daddy
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Pink S.W.A.T.
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Pink Lightning
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Pink Arcade
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Pink Pictures
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Pink and Shovel
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Pink Lemonade
Teleplay
A Pink Christmas
Producer
A Pink Christmas
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Bugs Bunny Superstar
Executive Producer
The Hoober-Bloob Highway
Executive Producer
The Tiny Tree
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Bobolink Pink
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It's Pink But Is It Mink?
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Forty Pink Winks
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Pink Plasma
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Keep Our Forests Pink
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Pink Streaker
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The Scarlet Pinkernel
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Pink Campaign
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Pink DaVinci
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Pink Elephant
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Salmon Pink
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Hawks and Doves
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink
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Lucky Pink
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Put-Put, Pink
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Sky Blue Pink
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Pink Sphinx
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Pinkadilly Circus
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Psychedelic Pink
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G.I. Pink
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Come On In! The Water's Pink
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Prehistoric Pink
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Tickled Pink
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The Pink Pill
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Pink in the Clink
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Pink Valiant
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The Pink Quarterback
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Little Beaux Pink
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Pinkcome Tax
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The Pink Package Plot
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Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing
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The Wild Chase
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The Wild Chase
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Pickled Pink
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We Give Pink Stamps
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It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
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Cats and Bruises
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The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
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Dial 'P' for Pink
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Sink Pink
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Pinkfinger
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Shocking Pink
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Pink Ice
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The Pink Tail Fly
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Corn on the Cop
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Corn on the Cop
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Pinkfinger
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Just Plane Beep
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Pink Panzer
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We Give Pink Stamps
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Dial 'P' for Pink
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Sink Pink
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Pickled Pink
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Shocking Pink
Producer
Pink Ice
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The Pink Tail Fly
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An Ounce of Pink
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Bully for Pink
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Reel Pink
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Speedy Gonzales
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Hyde and Hare
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Lumber Jerks
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Heir-Conditioned
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Hare Brush
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Pizzicato Pussycat
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A Kiddies Kitty
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Sandy Claws
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Roman Legion-Hare
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Red Riding Hoodwinked
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Stork Naked
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Tweety's Circus
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Pests for Guests
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Pappy's Puppy
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This Is a Life?
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Sahara Hare
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I Haven't Got a Hat
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Country Boy
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Country Mouse
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Into Your Dance
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Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name
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Billboard Frolics
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Flowers for Madame
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The Lady in Red
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The Merry Old Soul
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Along Flirtation Walk
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Little Dutch Plate
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My Green Fedora
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I Haven't Got a Hat
1934
Director
Those Beautiful Dames
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Shake Your Powder Puff
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The Miller's Daughter
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Pop Goes Your Heart
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Why Do I Dream Those Dreams
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Buddy's Trolley Troubles
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Buddy and Towser
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Buddy the Gob
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The Girl at the Ironing Board
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Beauty and the Beast
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How Do I Know It's Sunday
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Goin' to Heaven on a Mule
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Moonlight for Two
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Bosko at the Zoo
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Battling Bosko
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Freddy the Freshman
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Big-Hearted Bosko
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Bosko's Party
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Goopy Geer
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It's Got Me Again!
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The Queen Was in the Parlor
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Bosko at the Beach
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Bosko's Store
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Bosko the Lumberjack
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Ride Him, Bosko
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Bosko the Drawback
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Bosko's Woodland Daze
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Rickety Gin
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Trolley Troubles
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Oh, Teacher!
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The Mechanical Cow
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Great Guns
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All Wet
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The Banker's Daughter
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Alice's Knaughty Knight
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Alice's Three Bad Eggs
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Alice's Picnic
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Alice's Channel Swim
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Alice in the Klondike
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Alice's Medicine Show
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Alice the Beach Nut
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Alice in the Big League