FILM DIRECTOR

Friz Freleng

1906 - 1995

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Isadore "Friz" Freleng (; August 21, 1905 – May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from the 1930s to the early 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friz Freleng has received more than 971,283 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Friz Freleng is the 659th most popular film director (down from 540th in 2019), the 4,187th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,606th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Friz Frelengs by language

Over the past year Friz Freleng has had the most page views in the with 116,379 views, followed by Spanish (17,846), and Italian (8,648). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (187.79%), Malagasy (147.98%), and Bulgarian (106.71%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Friz Freleng ranks 659 out of 2,041. Before him are Lawrence Kasdan, Mario Salieri, Rob Marshall, Stan Winston, John Pilger, and Bruno Nuytten. After him are Paul Thomas Anderson, Stanislav Govorukhin, Andrew Blake, Johnnie To, Robert Z. Leonard, and Aleksei Kapler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Friz Freleng ranks 186. Before him are Jerzy Giedroyc, Jan Werich, R. K. Narayan, Agniya Barto, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, and John D. Rockefeller III. After him are Alex Thépot, Igor Moiseyev, Paolo Pedretti, S. D. Burman, Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, and Juan Carlos Calvo. Among people deceased in 1995, Friz Freleng ranks 149. Before him are Oles Honchar, John Brunner, Dany Robin, Vladimir Ivashov, Ashapurna Devi, and Jesús Garay. After him are Jüri Järvet, Willem Frederik Hermans, Ioannis Alevras, Claudio Brook, Ingo Schwichtenberg, and Pál Kovács.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Friz Freleng ranks 4,187 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Adams (1923), Joe Walsh (1947), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Alice Coltrane (1937), Black Elk (1863), and Robert Sapolsky (1957). After him are Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Jennifer Warnes (1947), Ona Zee (1951), Harrison Ford (1884), Son House (1902), and Charles Jencks (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Friz Freleng ranks 161. Before him are David Zucker (1947), Rob Cohen (1949), Nancy Meyers (1949), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Rob Marshall (1960), and Stan Winston (1946). After him are Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Andrew Blake (1947), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Richard Linklater (1960), Joe Johnston (1950), and Alexander Payne (1961).

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Filmography

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Director
If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.
Nov 19o 19827.1 / 10
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Director
Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.
Nov 20o 19817.1 / 10
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Director
In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in Daffy Dilly (1948), is the beneficiary for the deceased millionaire's assets. But the millionaire's will clearly stipulates that Daffy must use the money for the common good, by providing a service, and should Daffy think of pursuing selfish aims, the millionaire's ghost will "repossess" his millions by making them disappear from Earthly existence. Under the pretense of community service, Daffy opens an exorcism agency and employs Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, and Bugs Bunny to track and eliminate ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters, while Daffy secretly schemes to use his learned "ghost-busting" talents to rid himself of the millionaire's nagging spirit.
Sep 24o 19886.6 / 10