Freleng was a director and animator at Warner Bros!!

He was born in 1905 and died in 1995. He started his animation career early, soon becoming one of the biggest directors at Warner Bros. and in the animation community at the time…

Most famously he worked on Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies, while also playing a huge part in the development and creation of many other beloved characters such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, etc. Many of the characters featured in the examples we watched in class. Because of his outstanding engagement in his work and career, he made the most cartoons out of anyone at the studio- 266, and among those he won multiple awards for.

(He also worked at the Termite Terrace which we talked about in class, so it shows that even while working at a run down place passion really drives you more than anything else)

Also a fun little fact I found was the nickname “Friz”. He got it from a friend who actually used to call him “Congressman Frizby”? Apparently it was a popular character in an LA newspaper so it’s cool how his work shaped him so much he took on the name of a fictional character!!!

So I found two things: here’s a website of still frames he drew that are all displayed with a little bio of him:

https://www.animationconnection.com/artist/friz-freleng

Not sure why/if this person is selling these things but I still thought it might be cool to show because he worked on so many cartoons you can see his skill showing through his ability to animate such a wide variety of characters

Then here’s an animation by him: Saps In Chaps

CITATIONS:

Not An Animation Historian. “Looney Tunes | Saps in Chaps | Friz Freleng | 1942×362 | HD (Upscaled).” YouTube, 17 Nov. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Husz5zYrqsU. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

‌to, Contributors. “Friz Freleng.” Looney Tunes Wiki, Fandom, Inc., 2025, looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Friz_Freleng. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

‌“Friz Freleng Animation Connection / Cartoon Art / Cels (Cells).” Animationconnection.com, 2025, www.animationconnection.com/artist/friz-freleng. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

‌“Friz Freleng.” Wikipedia, 13 Aug. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz_Freleng.

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