WHAT'S UP, DOC? CHUCK'S BEING HONORED, THAT'S WHAT.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Legendary Orange County animator Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated , who helped create such beloved cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig Porky Pig is an Academy Award-nominated animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators (particularly , will receive a lifetime achievement Academy Award in March celebrating his more than 60 years in movies. Academy president Arthur Hiller announced the award Wednesday, but Jones said he learned the night before that he would be getting the Oscar. "When the president of the academy calls at 10:30 at night, you are a little startled star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. ," Jones, 83, said from his home in Newport Beach. "I didn't think he was going to take my temperature." Jones, who was the creator or animation director behind Bugs, Porky pork·y 1 adj. pork·i·er, pork·i·est 1. Of or like pork: a porky flavor. 2. Slang Fat or corpulent. , Daffy Duck and Wile E. Coyote and dozens of other Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . cartoon characters, was voted the Academy Award for "creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half a century." The Oscar will be presented at the Academy Awards ceremony on March 25. Jones already has won three Oscars for his animation. He said he would accept the lifetime achievement award on behalf of the five directors who were the original unit on the Warner Bros. lot. "I'm kind of the last of a dying breed. ... I have no intention of dying myself," joked Jones. Jones grew up in Los Angeles and was a child extra in Mack Sennett comedies. It was at Warner Bros. that his most endearing characters were created. He was at the studio from 1938 until the close of the studio's animation unit in 1962. "Everybody thought if you were an animator, you worked for Disney," Jones said. "We thought we were doing a job, and our job was to make six-minute cartoons that got laughs. So we all felt, why don't we make pictures for ourselves?" Jones also worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he directed the shorts "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Dot and the Line" (1965). Currently, Jones is back at Warner Bros. again, working on Daffy Duck shorts. During his career, he has created more than 1,000 cartoons and 300 films. It's only the second time in academy history that an animator has received a lifetime achievement award. Walter Lantz, who created Woody Woodpecker woodpecker, common name for members of the Picidae, a large family of climbing birds found in most parts of the world. Woodpeckers typically have sharp, chisellike bills for pecking holes in tree trunks, and long, barbed, extensible tongues with which they impale , was the other previous recipient. Douglas to be honored: Kirk Douglas, whose acting career has spanned six decades and 82 films, has been voted an honorary Oscar by the board of the motion picture academy. Such awards are given for "exceptional distinction in the making of motion pictures, or for outstanding service" to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Douglas was cited for "50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community." AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación awards: Film and videomakers Kenneth Anger, Chick Strand and Leslie Thornton have been selected to receive the American Film Institute's 1996 Maya Deren Awards for Independent Film and Video Artists. The awards, established in 1985 and named for one of America's most revered avant-garde filmmakers, include a $5,000 honorarium HONORARIUM. A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. 2. for each artist. They will be presented Jan. 31 at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Strand is a "major voice in lyrical and experimental filmmaking, whose work spans 25 years. Her 18 films range from intimate, poetic documentaries, surreal dream visions and found-footage collage films." Thornton's recently concluded cycle of six films and videos, "Peggy and Fred in Hell," marked the completion of a major media project of the last decade. Anger made his debut film, "Fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to ," in 1947, at 17. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1) Chuck Jones Honored by academy (2) Kirk Douglas Also being feted |
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