Awards & Winners

Friz Freleng

Date of Birth 21-August-1905
Place of Birth Kansas City
(United States of America, Missouri)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Isadore Freleng, Friz, I. Freleng, F. Freleng, Isadore 'Friz' Freleng, Yosemite Friz, Congressman Frizby, Isadore Freleng
Profession Animator, Film director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Cartoonist, Television Producer, Television Director
Isadore "Friz" Freleng, often credited as I. Freleng, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer famous for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. He introduced and/or developed several of the studio's biggest stars, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam and Speedy Gonzales. The senior director at Warners' Termite Terrace studio, Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio, and is also the most honored of the Warner directors, having won four Academy Awards. After Warners shut down the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, which produced cartoons, feature film title sequences, and Saturday morning cartoons through the early 1980s. The nickname "Friz" came from his friend Hugh Harman, who initially nicknamed him "Congressman Frizby" after a fictional senator that was in articles in the Los Angeles Examiner. Over time this shortened to "Friz".

Awards by Friz Freleng

Check all the awards nominated and won by Friz Freleng.

1982


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program
Honored for : The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Bugs Bunny: All American Hero

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Programs The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks

1978


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special
Honored for : Halloween Is Grinch Night

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special Halloween Is Grinch Night

1977


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Informational Special
Honored for : ABC Afterschool Special
(My Mom's Having A Baby)

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Informational Special ABC Afterschool Special
My Mom's Having A Baby

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series The Pink Panther Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special The Hoober-Bloob Highway

1966


Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) The Pink Blueprint

1964


Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)
Honored for : The Pink Phink

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) The Pink Phink

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) The Pied Piper of Guadalupe