FILM DIRECTOR

Chuck Jones

1912 - 2002

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Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chuck Jones has received more than 2,152,088 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Chuck Jones is the 68th most popular film director (up from 71st in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from United States (up from 484th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Film Director.

Chuck Jones is most famous for creating the Looney Tunes.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

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  • 67.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chuck Jones by language

Over the past year Chuck Jones has had the most page views in the with 241,007 views, followed by Spanish (17,453), and Italian (10,416). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (80.51%), Simple English (42.16%), and Ukrainian (33.99%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Chuck Jones ranks 68 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Tati, Claude Chabrol, Sergei Parajanov, Robert Zemeckis, Éric Rohmer, and David Cronenberg. After him are Theo Angelopoulos, Dziga Vertov, Frank Capra, Christopher Nolan, Ernst Lubitsch, and Jean-Jacques Annaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Chuck Jones ranks 21. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner, John Cage, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Heinrich Harrer, Clara Petacci, and Carlo Ponti. After him are Hanna Reitsch, Gene Kelly, Adolf Galland, Sergiu Celibidache, Robert Doisneau, and James Callaghan. Among people deceased in 2002, Chuck Jones ranks 17. Before him are Vavá, Ruth Handler, László Kubala, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and Traudl Junge. After him are James Coburn, Niki de Saint Phalle, Ivan Illich, Linda Lovelace, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and Fritz Walter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chuck Jones ranks 480 out of 20,380. Before him are Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Paul Walker (1973), Kevin Spacey (1959), Shirley Temple (1928), Paul Ekman (1934), and John Kerry (1943). After him are Jerome Bruner (1915), Gwen Stefani (1969), David Duke (1950), George Foreman (1949), John Malkovich (1953), and Sidney Poitier (1927).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Chuck Jones ranks 15. Before him are John Ford (1894), David Lynch (1946), Oliver Stone (1946), Brian De Palma (1940), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), and Robert Zemeckis (1952). After him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Terry Gilliam (1940), Jim Jarmusch (1953), William Friedkin (1935), George Cukor (1899), and Sidney Lumet (1924).

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Filmography

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Director
Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.
Dec 18o 19667.5 / 10
Duck Amuck
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The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
Feb 28o 19538.105 / 10
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Director
A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile.E.Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links between the individual animations which are otherwise unconnected. This 1979 feature-length compilation includes several of his best cartoons. Among the 11 shorts shown in their entirety are the classics "Robin Hood Daffy," "What's Opera, Doc?," "Bully for Bugs," and "Duck Amuck". The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie provides a showcase not only for Jones's razor-sharp timing, but for the work of his exceptional crew, which included designer Maurice Noble, writer Mike Maltese, composers Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, and voice actor Mel Blanc.
Sep 28o 19797.3 / 10