Friz Freleng

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".

Cast

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Self

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

Self

Friz on Film

Himself

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

Self

That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace

Himself (archive footage)

Bugs Bunny Superstar

Himself

Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul

Himself (Archive Footage)

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

Himself

Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng

Himself (voice)

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

Himself (Archive footage)

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

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Vitamin Pink

Producer

Pink Panic

Producer

Speedy Gonzales

Director

A Bird in a Guilty Cage

Director

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

Director

Baseball Bugs

Director

Big House Bunny

Director

Ballot Box Bunny

Director

Orange Blossoms for Violet

Director, Writer

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

Director, Producer, Writer

The Rebel Without Claws

Writer, Director

Dough for the Do-Do

Director

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

Director

The Alphabet Conspiracy

Animation Director

Daffy - The Commando

Director

Gift Wrapped

Director

Halloween Is Grinch Night

Executive Producer

Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

Story, Director, Producer

A-Haunting We Will Go

Producer

Buccaneer Bunny

Director

Fright Before Christmas

Producer, Writer, Director

Three Little Bops

Director

Hyde and Hare

Director

Hyde and Go Tweet

Director

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

Director

Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14

Producer

The Hare-Brained Hypnotist

Director

I Haven't Got a Hat

Director, Writer

Kit for Cat

Director

Putty Tat Trouble

Director

Show Biz Bugs

Director

Hare Force

Director

Lumber Jerks

Director

Rhapsody Rabbit

Director

Yankee Doodle Daffy

Director

Rabbit Transit

Director

The CooCoo Nut Grove

Director

Racketeer Rabbit

Director

Pigs in a Polka

Director

Stage Door Cartoon

Director

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Director

Pigs Is Pigs

Director

Slick Hare

Director

She Was an Acrobat's Daughter

Director

The Last Hungry Cat

Director

The Wabbit Who Came to Supper

Director

Birds Anonymous

Director

You Ought to Be in Pictures

Director

Tweety's S.O.S.

Director

Back Alley Oproar

Director

Rumors

Director

Pay Day

Director

Pink Elephant

Producer

Three Brothers

Director

Target Snafu

Director

Snafuperman

Director

Hot Spot

Director

From Hare to Eternity

In Memory Of

Operation Snafu

Director

Tweetie Pie

Director

Pink Lemonade

Producer

Pink Piper

Producer

Slink Pink

Producer

Psst Pink

Producer

Knighty Knight Bugs

Director

The Pink Flea

Producer

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink

Producer

Hare Do

Director

Salmon Pink

Producer

Rocky Pink

Producer

The Mad Maestro

Director

Golden Yeggs

Director

Wake Up the Gypsy in Me

Animation

I Like Mountain Music

Animation

Bunker Hill Bunny

Director

Canary Row

Director

Porky's Pastry Pirates

Director

Canned Feud

Director

Bugs Bunny Rides Again

Director

Those Beautiful Dames

Director

Bugs and Thugs

Director

The Captain's Christmas

Director

Bad Ol' Putty Tat

Director

All a Bir-r-r-d

Director

The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas

Producer

Ain't She Tweet

Director

Room and Bird

Director

Pink Panther in Olym-pinks

Director, Producer, Writer

Heir-Conditioned

Director

Bosko's Picture Show

Director

Bosko in Person

Director

Beau Bosko

Director

Bosko in Dutch

Director, Animation

The Wild Chase

Director, Producer

The Fighting 69½th

Director

Tweet Tweet Tweety

Director

Hare Brush

Director

Rhapsody in Rivets

Director

Snow Business

Director

Hare-Less Wolf

Director

Mutiny on the Bunny

Director

Southern Fried Rabbit

Director

Pop Goes Your Heart

Director

Why Do I Dream Those Dreams

Director

The Girl at the Ironing Board

Director

Beauty and the Beast

Director

Buddy and Towser

Director

How Do I Know It's Sunday

Director

Buddy's Trolley Troubles

Director

Buddy the Gob

Director

Goin' to Heaven on a Mule

Director

Robot Rabbit

Director

By Word of Mouse

Director

Herr Meets Hare

Director

Pickled Pink

Director, Producer

Chili Weather

Director

My Dream Is Yours

Animation Director

Porky's Baseball Broadcast

Director

The Chocolate Chase

Director

Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol

Director

I'm a Big Shot Now

Director

Gonzales' Tamales

Director

Fifth Column Mouse

Director

Pizzicato Pussycat

Director

Clean Pastures

Director

Tugboat Granny

Director

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

Director

A Kiddies Kitty

Director

Jungle Jitters

Director

Each Dawn I Crow

Director

The Cat Came Back

Director

Sunday Go to Meetin' Time

Director

I Wanna Play House

Director

When I Yoo Hoo

Director

Goldimouse and the Three Cats

Director

Sandy Claws

Director

Into Your Dance

Director

Country Boy

Director

Country Mouse

Director

Toy Town Hall

Director

The Lady in Red

Director

Along Flirtation Walk

Director

Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name

Director

Billboard Frolics

Director

The Merry Old Soul

Director

Flowers for Madame

Director

Little Dutch Plate

Director

At Your Service Madame

Director

My Green Fedora

Director

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt

Director

Let It Be Me

Director

Bingo Crosbyana

Director

Life with Feathers

Director

Goo Goo Goliath

Director

Bugsy and Mugsy

Director

Hare Lift

Director

The Fair Haired Hare

Director

Ding Dog Daddy

Director

I Taw a Putty Tat

Director

Home, Tweet Home

Director

Mexicali Shmoes

Director

Little Red Rodent Hood

Director

14 Carrot Rabbit

Director

The Lion's Busy

Director

Shake Your Powder Puff

Director

The Miller's Daughter

Director

Duck Soup to Nuts

Director

Hare Trigger

Director

The Pygmy Hunt

Director

Weary Willies

Director

Fiery Fireman

Director

We Give Pink Stamps

Director, Producer

Homeless Homer

Director

Curtain Razor

Director

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

Director, Producer

Sahara Hare

Director

Mexican Cat Dance

Director

Ant Pasted

Director

The Unmentionables

Director

Cats and Bruises

Director, Producer

Pancho's Hideaway

Director, Producer

Nuts and Volts

Director, Producer

A Message to Gracias

Producer

Road to Andalay

Director, Producer

The Jet Cage

Director, Screenplay

Honey's Money

Director

Mexican Boarders

Director

Shishkabugs

Director

Crows' Feat

Director

Prince Violent

Director

The Pied Piper of Guadalupe

Director

D' Fightin' Ones

Director

Horse Hare

Director

Trip for Tat

Director

Tweet Dreams

Director

Lighter Than Hare

Director, Story

From Hare to Heir

Director, Story

Trick or Tweet

Director

Wild and Woolly Hare

Director

Tweet and Lovely

Director

Person to Bunny

Director

Mouse and Garden

Director

Hare-abian Nights

Director

Here Today, Gone Tamale

Director

Apes of Wrath

Director

A Waggily Tale

Director

A Bird in a Bonnet

Director

A Pizza Tweety-Pie

Director

Tweety and the Beanstalk

Director

Piker's Peak

Director

Tweet Zoo

Director

Greedy for Tweety

Director

Yankee Dood It

Director

Two Crows from Tacos

Director

Red Riding Hoodwinked

Director

Rabbitson Crusoe

Director

Napoleon Bunny-Part

Director

Roman Legion-Hare

Director

Stork Naked

Director

Tree Cornered Tweety

Director

Tweet and Sour

Director

A Star Is Bored

Director

Tweety's Circus

Director

Pests for Guests

Director

This Is a Life?

Director

Pappy's Puppy

Director

Dog Pounded

Director

Captain Hareblower

Director

Muzzle Tough

Director

Yankee Doodle Bugs

Director

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide

Director

Fowl Weather

Director

A Mouse Divided

Director

Satan's Waitin'

Director

Hare Trimmed

Director

A Street Cat Named Sylvester

Director

I Gopher You

Director

Catty Cornered

Director

Tom Tom Tomcat

Director

Tree for Two

Director

Cracked Quack

Director

Foxy by Proxy

Director

Rabbit Every Monday

Director

A Bone for a Bone

Director

His Hare Raising Tale

Director

A Day at the Beach

Director

Stooge for a Mouse

Director

His Bitter Half

Director

Poultry Pirates

Director

A Star Is Hatched

Director

My Little Buckeroo

Director

The Bookworm

Director

Seal Skinners

Director

Mama's New Hat

Director

Petunia Natural Park

Director

Calling Dr. Porky

Director

Confederate Honey

Director

Little Blabbermouse

Director

The Hardship of Miles Standish

Director

Porky's Hired Hand

Director

Malibu Beach Party

Director

The Trial of Mr. Wolf

Director

Sport Chumpions

Director

Shop Look & Listen

Director

The Cat's Tale

Director

The Wacky Worm

Director

Rookie Revue

Director

Notes to You

Director

Saps in Chaps

Director

Porky's Bear Facts

Director

Double Chaser

Director

Fresh Hare

Director

Foney Fables

Director

The Sheepish Wolf

Director

Lights Fantastic

Director

Hop, Skip and a Chump

Director

Greetings Bait

Director

Hiss and Make Up

Director

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

Director

Slightly Daffy

Director

Meatless Flyday

Director

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

Director

Ain't That Ducky

Director

Peck Up Your Troubles

Director

Of Thee I Sting

Director

Hollywood Daffy

Director

Holiday for Shoestrings

Director

The Gay Anties

Director

Along Came Daffy

Director

Hare Splitter

Director

Streamlined Greta Green

Director

Plenty of Money and You

Director

September in the Rain

Director

The Fella with a Fiddle

Director

Wise Quackers

Director

Dog Daze

Director

The Lyin' Mouse

Director

Sweet Sioux

Director

He Was Her Man

Director

Which Is Witch

Director

Knights Must Fall

Director

Mouse Mazurka

Director

Looney Tunes All Stars

Director

Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

Director

Looney Tunes: Best of Speedy Gonzales Volume 1

Director

Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies

Writer, Director

High Diving Hare

Director

Boulevardier from the Bronx

Director

Devil's Feud Cake

Director, Story

Rickety Gin

Animation

The Mechanical Cow

Animation

Oh, Teacher!

Animation

All Wet

Animation

Trolley Troubles

Animation

Great Guns

Animation

Ride 'Em Plow Boy

Animation

Poor Papa

Animation

Gripes

Director

The Banker's Daughter

Animation

So Much for So Little

Writer

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

Director

The Honduras Hurricane

Director

Pink Panzer

Producer

A Taste of Money

Producer

Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement

Director

Cattle Battle

Producer

Flying Feet

Producer

A Pink Christmas

Producer, Teleplay

Driving Mr. Pink

Creative Consultant

Clerow Wilson's Great Escape

Producer

Sweet and Sourdough

Producer

Gem Dandy

Producer

Bridgework

Producer

The Tiny Tree

Executive Producer

Robin Goodhood

Producer

We're in the Money

Animation

Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1

Director

The Lorax

Producer

War and Pieces

Producer

Alice's Channel Swim

Animation

Alice the Beach Nut

Animation

Alice's Picnic

Animation

Alice in the Klondike

Animation

Alice's Three Bad Eggs

Animation

Alice's Knaughty Knight

Animation

Alice's Medicine Show

Animation

Alice in the Big League

Animation

The Pink Phink

Director, Producer

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Animation Director

The Ant and the Aardvark

Director

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

Animation

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

Animation, Story

Hold Anything

Animation

The Booze Hangs High

Animation

Big Man from the North

Animation

Ain't Nature Grand!

Animation

Dumb Patrol

Animation

Bosko's Holiday

Animation

The Tree's Knees

Animation

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!

Animation

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

Animation

Moonlight for Two

Animation

Bosko's Soda Fountain

Animation

One More Time

Animation

You Don't Know What You're Doin'!

Animation

Battling Bosko

Animation

Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl

Director

Bosko at the Zoo

Animation

Freddy the Freshman

Animation

Big-Hearted Bosko

Animation

Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy

Director

It's Got Me Again!

Animation

Bosko at the Beach

Animation

Bosko's Party

Animation

The Queen was in the Parlor

Animation

Bosko the Lumberjack

Animation

Goopy Geer

Animation

Bosko's Store

Animation

Ride Him, Bosko

Animation

Bosko the Drawback

Animation

One Step Ahead of My Shadow

Animation

Bosko's Woodland Daze

Animation

The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg

Story

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation

Director

Sink Pink

Director, Producer

Pink Pajamas

Director, Producer

Pinkfinger

Director, Producer

Pink Ice

Director, Producer

The Pink Tail Fly

Director, Producer

Shocking Pink

Director, Producer

Dial 'P' for Pink

Director, Producer

Pink-In

Director, Producer

In the Pink of the Night

Producer

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

Director

Corn on the Cop

Producer, Story

Just Plane Beep

Producer

The Yolks on You

Director

Daffy Flies North

Director

The Great Continental Overland Cross-Country Race

Producer

Bugs Bunny in Space

Director

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

Director

Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?

Executive Producer

The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Tour

Producer

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One

Director

Pink Tuba-Dore

Producer

Bugs Bunny: All American Hero

Producer, Director

The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special

Director

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

Director

The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special 

Director

The Cat in the Hat

Executive Producer

The Hoober-Bloob Highway

Executive Producer

Philbert (Three's a Crowd)

Animation Director

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

Director, Writer, Producer

Pink Pest Control

Producer

Lucky Pink

Producer

Put-Put, Pink

Producer

Sky Blue Pink

Producer

Pinkologist

Producer

Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother

Producer

Pink Punch

Producer

The Pink Blueprint

Producer

Super Pink

Producer

Pink Paradise

Producer

Goldilocks

Producer

The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye

Producer

Pink Trumpet

Producer

Pink Z-Z-Z

Producer

Supermarket Pink

Producer

Spark Plug Pink

Producer

Extinct Pink

Producer

Gong with the Pink

Producer

Pink Sphinx

Producer

Pink-A-Rella

Producer

Pinkadilly Circus

Producer

Psychedelic Pink

Producer

Pinto Pink

Producer

Prefabricated Pink

Producer

G.I. Pink

Producer

Star Pink

Producer

Doctor Pink

Producer

An Ounce of Pink

Producer

Bully for Pink

Producer

Genie with the Light Pink Fur

Producer

Pink Pistons

Producer

Pink Suds

Producer

Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

Director

Toro Pink

Producer

Smile Pretty, Say Pink

Producer

Reel Pink

Producer

Pinktails for Two

Producer

Prehistoric Pink

Producer

Pink in the Drink

Producer

Jet Pink

Producer

Pink Breakfast

Producer

In the Pink

Producer

Pink Press

Producer

Tickled Pink

Producer

Pink Quackers

Producer

Pink of the Litter

Producer

Pink, Plunk, Plink

Producer

Pink in the Woods

Producer

The Pink Pill

Producer

String Along in Pink

Producer

Pink Posies

Producer

The Pink Quarterback

Producer

Pinknic

Producer

Pink Pull

Producer

Rock-A-Bye Pinky

Producer

Little Beaux Pink

Producer

Pink Bananas

Producer

Pet Pink Pebbles

Producer

Pink in the Clink

Producer

Pink Valiant

Producer

A Fly in the Pink

Producer

Yankee Doodle Pink

Producer

Come On In! The Water's Pink

Producer

Pink Outs

Producer

Congratulations It's Pink

Producer

Pink Blue Plate

Producer

The Pink of Bagdad

Producer

Cat and the Pinkstalk

Producer

Pinkcome Tax

Producer

Pink 8 Ball

Producer

Pink U.F.O.

Producer

Forty Pink Winks

Producer

The Pink Package Plot

Producer

Pinky Doodle

Producer

The Pink Pro

Producer

Therapeutic Pink

Producer

The Pink of Arabee

Producer

Sherlock Pink

Producer

Pink on the Cob

Producer

Pink Plasma

Producer

Keep Our Forests Pink

Producer

Dietetic Pink

Producer

Trail of the Lonesome Pink

Producer

Sprinkle Me Pink

Producer

Pink S.W.A.T.

Producer

Pink Daddy

Producer

Pink Lightning

Producer

Pink Streaker

Producer

Pink Pranks

Producer

Pink and Shovel

Producer

Mystic Pink

Producer

Pink Aye

Producer

The Scarlet Pinkernel

Producer

Pink Campaign

Producer

Pink DaVinci

Producer

Pink Arcade

Producer

Bobolink Pink

Producer

Pink Pictures

Producer

Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing

Producer

It's Pink But Is It Mink?

Producer

Think Before You Pink

Producer

Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television 

Director

Two Guys from Texas

Director

Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes

Director

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

Director

Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet

Director

Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special

Director

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

Producer

Bad-Time Story

Director

Hen Fruit

Director

The Wicked West

Director

Stripes and Stars

Director

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1

Director

Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth

Director

Hawks and Doves

Producer

The Bookworm Turns

Director

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Storyboard Artist

The Essential Bugs Bunny

Director

The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Crazylegs Crane

Director

The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Sheriff Hoot Kloot

Producer

Congo Jazz

Animation

Kloot's Kounty

Producer

Apache on the County Seat

Producer

The Shoe Must Go On

Producer

Pay Your Buffalo Bill

Producer

A Self-Winding Sidewinder

Producer

Stirrups and Hiccups

Producer

Ten Miles to the Gallop

Producer

Phony Express

Producer

Giddy Up Woe

Producer

Gold Struck

Producer

As the Tumbleweed Turns

Producer

The Badge and the Beautiful

Producer

Big Beef at the O.K. Corral

Producer

By Hoot or By Crook

Producer

Strange on the Range

Producer

Saddle Soap Opera

Producer

Mesa Trouble

Producer

Tijuana Toads

Producer

A Pair of Greenbacks

Producer

Go for Croak

Producer

The Inspector

Director

The Astroduck

Producer

Mucho Locos

Producer

Mexican Mousepiece

Producer

Daffy Rents

Producer

Sugar and Spies

Producer

Chaser on the Rocks

Producer

Daffy's Diner

Producer

Snow Excuse

Producer

Suppressed Duck

Producer

Well Worn Daffy

Producer

Tease for Two

Producer

Chili Corn Corny

Producer

Boulder Wham!

Producer

The Solid Tin Coyote

Producer

Out and Out Rout

Producer

Shot and Bothered

Producer

Highway Runnery

Producer

Hairied and Hurried

Producer

Buddy's Beer Garden

Director

Moby Duck

Producer

Rushing Roulette

Producer

Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner

Producer

Tired and Feathered

Producer

Go Go Amigo

Producer

A Squeak in the Deep

Producer

Swing Ding Amigo

Producer

A Taste of Catnip

Producer

Clippety Clobbered

Producer

Feather Finger

Producer

The Froggy Froggy Duo

Producer

Hop and Chop

Producer

Never on Thirsty

Producer

A Dopey Hacienda

Producer

Snake in the Gracias

Producer

Two Jumps and a Chump

Producer

Mud Squad

Producer

The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi!

Producer

A Leap in the Deep

Producer

Fastest Tongue in the West

Producer

Croakus Pocus

Producer

Serape Happy

Producer

Flight to the Finish

Producer

Frog Jog

Producer

Speedy Gonzales

Characters