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 2,344,193 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

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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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