Chuck Jones was a director and animator who worked for Warner Bros. Studios. He worked on Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons. His own characters include Pepe Le Pew, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. He collaborated with Dr. Seuss on two TV specials: Horton Hears a Who and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

• 1938: The Night Watchman
• 1947: Scent-imental Over You
• 1957: What's Opera Doc?
• 1961: Beep Prepared
• 1961: Nelly's Folly
• 1966: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
• 1970: Horton Hears a Who
• 1970: The Phantom Tollbooth
• 1975: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life."--Chuck JonesChuck Jones.com: Biography (2008)

""I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do."-- Chuck JonesAcademy of Achievement: Chuck Jones Profile (February 2, 2005)

"A small child once said to me. 'You don't draw Bugs Bunny, you draw pictures of Bugs Bunny."--Chuck JonesWarner Bros.: Chuck Jones Biography (2008)

• 1912: Born in Spokane, Washington

• 1932: First animation job as cell washer with Disney animator

• 1932: Married Dorothy Webster

• 1936: Hired by Leon Schlesinger Studio (later bought by Warner Bros.)

• 1937: Daughter Linda born

• 1938: Directed first film: The Night Watchman

• 1950: Production team received two Academy Awards

• 1962: Warner Bros. animation studios closed

• 1962: Wrote Gay Purr-ee featuring voices of Judy Garland, Robert Goulet

• 1960s: Worked on Tom 'n Jerry cartoons

• 1962: Established Chuck Jones Enterprises, which produced 9 half-hour animated TV films

• 1965: Received Academy Award for animated short

• 1996: Won Academy Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2000: Established Chuck Jones Foundation to promote art and classic animation

• 2002: Died