Warner Bros. Cartoons

In-house animation division of Warner Bros. (1933–1963)

Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

Final logo, used from 1944 to 1948 and from 1953 to 1964

Formerly| Leon Schlesinger Productions (1933–1944)
Company type| Private
Industry| Animation
Motion pictures
Predecessor| Harman-Ising Productions
Founded| June 1932 (1932-06)[1]
Founder| Leon Schlesinger
Defunct| May 1963 (1963-05)[2]
Fate| Closed
Successors| DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1964–1980)
Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Animation (1967–1969)
Chuck Jones Enterprises (1970–2000)
Warner Bros. Animation (1980–present)
Headquarters| Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1932–1956)
Burbank, California, U.S. (1956–1963)

Key people

| Leon Schlesinger, Edward Selzer, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, John W. Burton Sr., David H. DePatie, William L. Hendricks, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Arthur Davis, Frank Tashlin
Products| Animated theatrical short subjects
Television shows
Parent| Warner Bros. (1944–1963)

Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. was an American animation studio, serving as the in-house animation division of Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, it was primarily responsible for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films. The characters featured in these cartoons, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, are among the most famous and recognizable characters in the world. Many of the creative staff members at the studio, including directors and animators such as Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Arthur Davis, and Frank Tashlin, are considered major figures in the art and history of traditional animation.

Warner Bros. Cartoons was founded in 1933 by Leon Schlesinger as Leon Schlesinger Productions. Schlesinger sold the studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, after which the Warner Bros. Cartoons name was adopted. The studio closed in 1963, and Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were subsequently subcontracted to Freleng's DePatie–Freleng Enterprises studio from 1964 to 1967. Warner Bros. Cartoons re-opened that year, under Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, before closing again in 1969. It was succeeded by Warner Bros. Animation, which was established in 1980.

## History

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### 1930–1933: Harman-Ising Productions

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Main article: Harman and Ising

Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising originated the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short subjects in 1930 and 1931, respectively. Both cartoon series were produced for Leon Schlesinger at the Harman-Ising Studio on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, with Warner Bros. Pictures releasing the films to theaters. The first Looney Tunes character was the Harman-Ising creation Bosko, The Talk-ink Kid, who competed with Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Max Fleischer's Betty Boop. In 1933, Harman and Ising parted company with Schlesinger over financial disputes,[3] and took Bosko with them to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. To maintain his contract with Warner Bros., Schlesinger set up his own studio on the Warner Bros. lot on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.[4] The studio location was the former Vitaphone building at the corner of Van Ness and Fernwood.[5]

### 1933–1944: Leon Schlesinger Productions

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Leon Schlesinger Productions studio (also nicknamed Termite Terrace), part of the Old Warner Brothers Studio, 1351 North Van Ness Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Former Leon Schlesinger-Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, 2003

The Schlesinger studio got off to a slow start, continuing their one-shot Merrie Melodies and introducing a non canon Bosko replacement named Buddy to serve as the new star of Looney Tunes. The studio then formed the three-unit structure that it would retain throughout most of its history, with one of the units headed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, and the other by Earl Duvall, who was replaced by Jack King a year later.

In 1935, after Buddy proved not to be a successful character, Freleng helmed the Merrie Melodies cartoon I Haven't Got a Hat, which introduced the character Porky Pig.[6] Hardaway and King departed, and a new arrival at Schlesinger's, Fred "Tex" Avery, took Freleng's creation and ran with it. Avery directed a string of cartoons starring Porky Pig that established the character as the studio's first bona fide star.[6] Schlesinger also gradually moved the Merrie Melodies cartoons from black and white, to two-strip Technicolor in 1934, and finally to full three-strip Technicolor in 1935. The Looney Tunes series would be produced in black-and-white for much longer, until 1943.[7]

Because of the limited spacing conditions in the Schlesinger building at 1351 N. Van Ness on the Warner Sunset lot, Avery and his unit – including animators Robert Clampett and Chuck Jones – were moved into a small building elsewhere on the Sunset lot, which Avery and his team affectionately dubbed "Termite Terrace".[8] Although the Avery unit moved out of the building after a year, "Termite Terrace" later became a metonym for the classic Warner Bros. animation department in general, even for years after the building was abandoned, condemned, and torn down. During this period, four cartoons were outsourced to the Ub Iwerks studio; however, Iwerks struggled to adapt his style to the type of humor that the Looney Tunes had developed by this time, and so Clampett took over as director (using Iwerks' staff) for the last two of these outsourced cartoons. Schlesinger was so impressed by Clampett's work on these shorts that he opened a fourth unit for Clampett to head, although for tax reasons this was technically a separate studio headed by Schlesinger's brother-in-law, Ray Katz.

From 1936 until 1944, animation directors and animators such as Freleng, Avery, Clampett, Jones, Arthur Davis, Robert McKimson, and Frank Tashlin worked at the studio. During this period, these creators introduced several of the most popular cartoon characters to date, including Daffy Duck (1937, Porky's Duck Hunt by Avery), Elmer Fudd (1940, Elmer's Candid Camera by Jones), Bugs Bunny (1940, A Wild Hare by Avery), and Tweety (1942, A Tale of Two Kitties by Clampett). Avery left the studio in 1941 following a series of disputes with Schlesinger, who shortly after closed the studio for two weeks due to a minor strike similar to the better known one that occurred at Disney. A few months earlier he banished all unionized employees in what became known in retrospect as the "Looney Tune Lockout"; this time Schlesinger lost nearly all of his employees of the Avery unit, excluding its key animators. Clampett and several of his own artists took over Avery's former unit, while Clampett's own position as director of the Schlesinger-Katz studio was taken by Norm McCabe, a Clampett animator whose cartoons focused in war-related humor; McCabe, in turn, lasted barely a year before being drafted, and Frank Tashlin returned to the studio to replace him.

By 1942, the Schlesinger studio had surpassed Walt Disney Productions as the most successful producer of animated shorts in the United States.[9] Between 1942 and 1945, the Schlesinger studio produced a number of films for the United States military in support of its efforts in World War II. Under the command of the US Air Force's First Motion Picture Unit, headed from 1942 to 1944 by Major Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss), the studio produced the Private Snafu and (with Walter Lantz Productions) Mr. Hook cartoons for the servicemen's entertainment.[10]

### 1944–1963: Warner Bros. Cartoons

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'No Buddy Atoll', Private Snafu cartoon directed by Chuck Jones in 1945

On July 1, 1944, Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. for $700,000, which renamed the company Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., and Edward Selzer (who by Jones' and Freleng's accounts had no sense of humor or admiration of cartoons), was appointed by Warner Bros. as the new head of the cartoon studio after Schlesinger retired. In September 1944 Frank Tashlin left, and in May 1945, Bob Clampett left. Tashlin's unit was initially taken over by Robert McKimson.[11][12] The remaining animators of the initial Clampett's unit were assigned to Arthur Davis. Although inheriting most of their staff, these units have been the least known among the four, apart from having lower budgets than Jones and Freleng. In 1948, the studio moved to a larger building on the Sunset Boulevard lot. Davis' separate unit was dissolved in November 1947, and he became an animator for Freleng.[13]

The four units became noted by their respective styles, mostly influenced by their budgets: Jones' cartoons (having the largest budgets) featured a more visual and sophisticated art style, and focused more on unique story telling and characterization over traditional gags, Freleng's cartoons (having a smaller budget than Jones) developed a conservative directorial style which uses sharp timing, jokes and use of music for comedic effect,[14] McKimson's cartoons (also with a smaller budget) kept up the traditional screwball antics-based direction into the 50s, while trying to maintain a fully-animated style,[15] and Davis' cartoons (having the smallest budget of the four units) prioritizes its animation and jokes over the stories, as Davis was said to had an insecurity with his story men.[16]

Among the Warner Bros. cartoon stars who were created after Schlesinger's departure include Pepé Le Pew (1945, Odor-able Kitty by Jones), Sylvester (1945, Life with Feathers by Freleng), Yosemite Sam (1945, Hare Trigger by Freleng), Foghorn Leghorn (1946, Walky Talky Hawky by McKimson), Marvin the Martian (1948, Haredevil Hare by Jones), Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (1949, Fast and Furry-ous by Jones), Granny (1950, Canary Row by Freleng), Speedy Gonzales (1953, Cat-Tails for Two by McKimson) and The Tasmanian Devil (1954, Devil May Hare by McKimson). In later years, even more minor Looney Tunes characters such as Freleng's Rocky and Mugsy, Jones's Gossamer and Michigan J. Frog, and McKimson's Pete Puma have become significantly popular.[17]

After the verdict of the United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. anti-trust case in 1948 ended the practice of "block booking", Warner Bros. could no longer force theaters into buying their features and shorts together as packages; shorts had to be sold separately. Theater owners were only willing to pay so much for cartoon shorts, and as a result, by the late-1950s the budgets at Warner Bros. Cartoons became tighter. Selzer forced a stringent five-week production schedule on each cartoon (at least one director, Chuck Jones, cheated the system by spending more time on special cartoons such as What's Opera, Doc?, less time on simpler productions such as Road Runner entries, and had his crew forge their time cards). With less money for full animation, the Warner Bros. story men — Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce, and Warren Foster — began to focus more of their cartoons on dialogue. While story artists were assigned to directors at random during the 1930s and 1940s, by the 1950s each story man worked almost exclusively with one director: Maltese with Jones, Foster with Freleng, and Pierce with McKimson.

With the advent of the 3-D film craze in 1953, Warner Bros. shut its cartoon studio down in June of that year, fearing that 3-D cartoon production would be too expensive (only one Warner Bros. cartoon was ever produced in 3-D, Jones' Lumber Jack-Rabbit starring Bugs Bunny). The creative staff dispersed (Jones, for example, went to work at Disney on Sleeping Beauty, Maltese went to Walter Lantz Productions, and Freleng went into commercial work). Warner Bros. Cartoons re-opened five months after its closure, following the end of the 3-D craze. In 1955, the staff moved into a brand new facility on the main Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. KTLA television took over the old studio location on Van Ness; the old Warner Sunset Studios is today called Sunset Bronson Studios.

Also on February 19, 1955, Warner Bros. sold its library of black and white Looney Tunes to Guild Films. The package consisted of 191 cartoons which began showing on television that year.[18]

By 1958, Selzer had retired, and veteran Warner Cartoons production manager John Burton took his place.[19] Warner Bros. also lost its trio of staff storymen at this time. Foster and Maltese found work at Hanna-Barbera Productions, while Pierce worked on a freelance basis with writing partner Bill Danch. John Dunn and Dave Detiege, both former Disney men, were hired to replace them.

During Burton's tenure, Warner Bros. Cartoons branched out into television. In the fall of 1960, ABC TV premiered The Bugs Bunny Show, which was a package program featuring three theatrical Warner Bros. cartoons, with newly produced wraparounds to introduce each short. The program remained on the air under various names and on all three major networks for four decades from 1960 to 2000. All versions of The Bugs Bunny Show featured Warner Bros. cartoons released after July 31, 1948, as all of the Technicolor cartoons released before that date were sold to Associated Artists Productions on June 11, 1956.[20]

David H. DePatie became the last executive in charge of the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio in 1961. The same year, Chuck Jones moonlighted to write the script for a UPA-produced feature titled Gay Purr-ee. When that film was picked up by Warner Bros. for distribution in 1962, the studio learned that Jones had violated his exclusive contract with Warners and he was terminated in July. Most of Jones' former unit subsequently re-joined him at Sib Tower 12 Productions to work on a new series of Tom and Jerry cartoons for MGM.[21]

In late 1962, at the height of television popularity and decline in moviegoing, DePatie was sent to a board meeting in New York, and he was informed that the cartoon studio was going to be shut down. DePatie completed the task by 1963.[22] The final project at the studio was making the animated sequences, directed by McKimson, for the 1964 Warner Bros. feature The Incredible Mr. Limpet.[21][23] With the studio closed, Hal Seeger Productions in New York had to be contracted to produce the opening and closing credits for The Porky Pig Show, which debuted on ABC on September 20, 1964.[24] This marked one of the first times that the Looney Tunes characters were animated outside of the Los Angeles area.

### 1964–1967: DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and Format Productions

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David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng started DePatie–Freleng Enterprises in 1963, and leased the old Warner Bros. Cartoons studio as their headquarters. In 1964, Warner Bros. contracted DePatie–Freleng to produce more Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, an arrangement that lasted until 1967. The vast majority of these paired off Daffy Duck against Speedy Gonzales, and after a few initial cartoons directed by Freleng, Robert McKimson was hired to direct most of the remaining DePatie–Freleng Looney Tunes.

In addition to DePatie–Freleng's cartoons, a series of new shorts featuring The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote was commissioned from an independent animation studio, Herbert Klynn's Format Productions. Veteran Warner animator Rudy Larriva, who had worked for years under Road Runner creator Chuck Jones, assumed directorial duties for these films, and a few other former associates of Jones (Bob Bransford, Ernie Nordli) came aboard. Even with the Jones connections, Larriva's Road Runner shorts were considered to be inferior and witless compared to Jones' by critics. McKimson also directed an additional two Road Runner shorts with the main DePatie–Freleng team, which are more highly regarded than Larriva's efforts.

After three years of outsourced cartoons, Warner Bros. decided to bring production back in-house. DePatie–Freleng had their contract terminated (they subsequently moved to new studios in the San Fernando Valley), and Format was commissioned to produce three "buffer" cartoons with Daffy and Speedy (again, directed by Rudy Larriva) to fill the gap until Warner Bros.'s own studio was up and running again.

### 1967–1969: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation

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Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation

Predecessor| Warner Bros. Cartoons
Founded| 1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Founder| William L. Hendricks
Defunct| October 10, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-10-10)[25]
Fate| Closed
Successor| Warner Bros. Animation

Key people

| Alex Lovy
Robert McKimson
Cal Howard
Bob Kurtz
William L. Hendricks
Mel Blanc
Larry Storch
William Lava
Hal Geer
Don Douglas
David Hanan
Robert Givens
Laverne Harding
Lin Larsen
Bob Abrams
Bob Inman
Bob McIntosh
Products| Cool Cat
Speedy Gonzales
Daffy Duck
Parent| Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

The new cartoon studio was to be founded and headed by studio executive William L. Hendricks, and after an unsuccessful attempt at luring Bob Clampett out of retirement, former Walter Lantz Productions and Hanna-Barbera animator Alex Lovy was appointed director at the new studio. He brought his longtime collaborator, Laverne Harding to be the new studio's chief animator, and brought in Disney animator Volus Jones and Ed Solomon who also started at Disney as an assistant, which contributed to make cartoons from this era of the studio stylistically quite different from the studio's "Golden Age". Lovy also brought in animator Ted Bonnicksen and layout artist Bob Givens, both veterans of the original studio. Shortly after the studio opened, Warner Bros. was bought out by Seven Arts Associates, and the studio renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

Initially, Lovy's new team produced more Daffy and Speedy cartoons, but soon moved to create new characters such as Cool Cat and Merlin the Magic Mouse, and even occasional experimental works such as Norman Normal (1968), the only cartoon not to be in either series. Lovy's cartoons were not well received, and many enthusiasts regard them (particularly his Daffy and Speedy efforts) as the worst cartoons ever produced by the studio.

After a year, Alex Lovy left and returned to Hanna-Barbera, and Robert McKimson was brought back to the studio. He focused on using the characters that Lovy had created (and two of his own creation: Bunny and Claude). The studio's classic characters appeared only in advertisements (as for Plymouth Road Runner) and cartoon show bumpers. McKimson's films of the era have more adult-oriented humor than Lovy's. However, on October 10, 1969, Warner Bros. ceased production on all its short subjects and shut the studio down for good when Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was acquired by Kinney National Company. The back catalog of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts would remain a popular broadcast and syndication package for Warner Bros. Television well into the 2000s, by which time it had reacquired the distribution rights to the pre-August 1948[20] shorts it sold to Associated Artists Productions (known as a.a.p.) on June 11, 1956.

## Warner Bros. Cartoons staff: 1933–1969

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### Studio heads

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* Leon Schlesinger (1933–1944)[26]
* Eddie Selzer (1944–1958)
* John Burton (1958–1961)
* David H. DePatie (1961–1963)[27]
* William L. Hendricks (1967–1969)

### Directors

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* Tex Avery (1935–1942) (credited as Fred Avery)[28]
* Ted Bonnicksen (1963)
* Bernard B. Brown (1934)
* Gerry Chiniquy (1964)
* Bob Clampett (1937–1946) (credited as Robert Clampett)[29]
* Cal Dalton (1938–1940)
* Arthur Davis (1946–1949, 1962)
* Earl Duvall (1933–1934)
* Friz Freleng (1934–1938, 1940–1965) (credited until late 1935 as Isadore Freleng and until late 1955 as I. Freleng)
* Ben Hardaway (1934–1935, 1938–1940)
* Ken Harris (1959)
* Rudy Larriva (1965-1967)
* Cal Howard (1938)
* Ub Iwerks (1937)
* Chuck Jones (1938–1964) (credited until late 1940 as Charles Jones and until late 1955 as Charles M. Jones)[30]
* Jack King (1934–1936)
* Abe Levitow (1959–1962)
* Alex Lovy (1950-1954, 1967–1968)
* Norman McCabe (1940–1943)
* Robert McKimson (1946–1969)
* Phil Monroe (1963–1964)
* Maurice Noble (1961–1964)
* Tom Palmer (1933)
* Hawley Pratt (1961–1964)
* Frank Tashlin (1936–1938, 1943–1946)[31]
* Richard Thompson (1963)
* Bill Tytla (1964)
* Irv Spector [fr] (1965)

### Storyboard artists/writers

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* Howard Baldwin
* Nick Bennion
* David Detiege
* John Dunn
* Warren Foster
* Friz Freleng
* Ben Hardaway
* George Hill
* Cal Howard
* Rich Hogan
* Chuck Jones
* Robert Clampett
* Lew Landsman
* Lou Lilly
* Sid Marcus [fr]
* Michael Maltese
* George Manuell
* Robert McKimson
* Melvin "Tubby" Millar
* Jack Miller
* Dave Monahan
* Fred Neiman
* Tedd Pierce
* Bill Scott
* Dr. Seuss
* Lloyd Turner
* Sid Sutherland
* Michael Sasanoff
* John Elliotte
* Webb Smith

### Layout/Background artists/designers

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* Pete Alvarado
* Philip DeGuard
* Gene Fleury
* Nic Gibson
* Robert Givens
* Robert Gribbroek
* Alex Ignatiev
* John Didrik Johnsen
* Willie Ito
* Paul Julian
* Earl Klein
* John McGrew
* Tom McKimson
* Maurice Noble
* Ernie Nordli
* Tom O'Loughlin
* Hawley Pratt
* David Rose
* Micheal Sasanoff
* Don Smith
* William Butler
* Richard H. Thomas
* Cornett Wood
* Irv Wyner
* Gene Hazelton

### Animators

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* Fred Abranz
* Art Babbitt
* Warren Batchelder
* Robert Bentley
* Richard Bickenbach
* Norm Blackburn
* Ted Bonnicksen
* Jack Bradbury
* Bob Bransford
* Pete Burness
* George Cannata
* Robert "Bobe" Cannon
* John Carey
* Jack Carr
* Ken Champin
* Gerry Chiniquy
* Robert Clampett
* Ben Clopton
* Herman Cohen
* Shamus Culhane
* Cal Dalton
* Keith Darling
* Basil Davidovich
* Arthur Davis
* Jim Davis
* Phil DeLara
* Jaime Diaz
* Joe D'Igalo
* Russ Dyson
* Robert Edmunds
* Izzy Ellis
* Paul Fennell[32]
* John Freeman
* Ed Friedman
* Ace "A.C." Gamer (Effects Animator)[33]
* John Gibbs
* George Grandpre
* Manny Gould
* Lee Halpern
* Rollin Hamilton
* Laverne Harding
* Ken Harris
* Emery Hawkins
* Alex Ignatiev
* Chuck Jones
* Fred Jones
* Volus Jones
* Jack King
* Anatolle Kirsanoff
* Rudy Larriva
* Art Leonardi
* Abe Levitow
* Harry Love (Effects Animator)
* Bob Matz
* Max Maxwell
* Norman McCabe
* Tom McDonald
* John McGrew
* Charles McKimson
* Robert McKimson
* Thomas McKimson
* Bill Melendez
* Phil Monroe
* Al Pabian
* Jim Pabian
* Ray Patin
* Manuel Perez
* Tom Ray
* Bob Richardson
* Vive Risto
* Phil Roman
* Virgil Ross
* Rod Scribner
* Larry Silverman
* Hank Smith
* Paul Smith
* Ed Solomon
* Irven Spence
* Robert Stokes
* Cecil Surry
* Sid Sutherland
* Bob Taylor
* Richard Thompson
* Riley Thomson
* Frank Tipper
* Gil Turner
* Lloyd Vaughan
* Sandy Walker
* Elmer Wait
* Ben Washam
* Volney White
* Bob Wickersham
* Don Williams

### Voices

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* Friz Freleng
* Chuck Jones
* Carl Stalling
* John Burton
* Mel Blanc
* Tex Avery
* Dave Barry
* Dick Beals
* Bea Benaderet
* Julie Bennett
* Sara Berner
* Billy Bletcher
* Lucille Bliss
* Billy Booth
* Robert C. Bruce
* Arthur Q. Bryan
* Daws Butler
* Pinto Colvig
* Joe Dougherty
* June Foray
* Stan Freberg
* Joan Gerber
* Frank Graham
* Bernice Hansen
* Margaret Hill-Talbot
* Cal Howard
* Paul Julian
* Abe Lyman
* Michael Maltese
* Tedd Pierce
* Alan Reed
* Marian Richman
* Kent Rogers
* Hal Smith
* John T. Smith
* Larry Storch
* Bill Thompson
* Danny Webb
* Nancy Wible

### Music

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Musical Directors

* Bernard B. Brown (1933–1936)
* Norman Spencer (1933–1936)
* Carl W. Stalling (1936–1958) (credited until late 1946 as Carl Stalling)[34]
* Eugene Poddany (1951)
* Milt Franklyn (1954–1962)
* John Seely (1958)
* William Lava (1962–1969) (credited until 1967 as Bill Lava)
* Walter Greene (1966–1967)
* Frank Perkins (1967)

Orchestrations

* Milt Franklyn (1936–1962)

### Film (sound effects) editors

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* Treg Brown
* Irvin Jay
* Lee Gunther
* Hal Geer

## Filmography

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Main article: List of Warner Bros. Cartoons productions

## See also

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* Harman and Ising
* The Golden Age of American animation
* Looney Tunes
* Merrie Melodies
* Warner Bros. Animation
* List of animation studios owned by Warner Bros. Discovery

## References

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Notes

1. ^ Barrier (1999); p. 324
2. ^ Warner Club News (1963)
3. ^ Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons. New York: Oxford University Press. Pg. 164. ISBN 0-19-516729-5.
4. ^ Barrier, Michael (1999). Pg. 323.
5. ^ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://planning.lacity.gov/eir/SunsetBronsonStudios/FEIR/files/Appendix_D.pdf
6. ^ a b Barrier, Michael (1999). Pg. 329–33.
7. ^ "Looney Tunes 1942-43: Hello, Technicolor! |".
8. ^ Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. Penguin Books. Pg.s. 229–30 ISBN 0-452-25993-2.
9. ^ "Warner Bros. Studio biography Archived December 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine". AnimationUSA.com. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
10. ^ Coons, Robbin (February 15, 1944). "Private Snafu Army Favorite". Prescott Evening Courier. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
11. ^ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's all folks! : the art of Warner Bros. animation. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 88–90\. ISBN 9781854102904.
12. ^ Barrier (1999); pg. 467
13. ^ "Animator Profiles: ARTHUR DAVIS |".
14. ^ "Friz Freleng". lambiek.net. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
15. ^ "Bob McKimson". lambiek.net. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
16. ^ "Animator Profiles: ARTHUR DAVIS |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
17. ^ Sperling, Millner, and Warner (1998), p. 187–8.
18. ^ "Billboard". February 19, 1955. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
19. ^ "The Life and Death of Looney Tunes Producers: Schlesinger and Selzer |". cartoonresearch.com.
20. ^ a b The Warner Bros. cartoon in the Associated Artists Productions package with the latest release date was Haredevil Hare, released on July 24, 1948.
21. ^ a b Barrier, Michael (1999). Pg. 562–3.
22. ^ Maltin (1980); p. 271
23. ^ "Kevin Lima to direct the Incredible Mr. Limpet | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation". Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
24. ^ Mackey, Dave "The Porky Pig Show Archived February 4, 2015, at the Wayback Machine".
25. ^ International Television Almanac. Quigley Publishing Company. 1982. ISBN 9780900610271. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
26. ^ Barrier (1999) pg. 324
27. ^ Shorts from 1964 to 1966 were produced by DePatie's very own studio DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
28. ^ Barrier (1999) pg. 328-329;435
29. ^ "In His Own Words: Bob Clampett at Warners |".
30. ^ Barrier (1999) pg. 352
31. ^ Barrier (1999) pp. 334-335;435
32. ^ "A Chat with Paul Fennell |".
33. ^ "A.C. Gamer: Captain (Or Lieutenant) of the Clouds |".
34. ^ Barrier (1999) pg.338

Bibliography

* Maltin, Leonard (1987) [1980]. Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. New York: Plume. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.
* Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-516729-5.
* Jones, Chuck (1989). Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. ISBN 0-374-12348-9.
* Beck, Jerry (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. New York: Holt Paperbacks. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

## External links

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* Warner Bros. official site
* Warner Bros. Animation Chronology: 1930 to the Present

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* Batman Beyond
* Static Shock
* The Zeta Project
* Justice League
* Teen Titans
* Justice League Unlimited
* The Batman
* Krypto the Superdog
* Legion of Super Heroes
* Batman: The Brave and the Bold
* Mad
* Young Justice
* Green Lantern: The Animated Series
* DC Nation Shorts
* Teen Titans Go!
* Beware the Batman
* Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles
* Vixen
* Justice League Action
* Freedom Fighters: The Ray
* Constantine: City of Demons
* DC Super Hero Girls
* Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
* Harley Quinn
* DC Super Hero Girls (2019)
* Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
* Aquaman: King of Atlantis
* DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
* Batwheels
* My Adventures with Superman
* Merry Little Batman
* Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
* Batman: Caped Crusader
* Creature Commandos

Animaniacs|

* Animaniacs (1993 series)
* characters
* episodes
* Freakazoid!
* Pinky and the Brain
* episodes
* Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
* Animaniacs (2020 series)

Tom and Jerry|

* Tom and Jerry Tales
* The Tom and Jerry Show
* Tom and Jerry Special Shorts
* Tom & Jerry (2021)
* Tom and Jerry in New York

Hanna-Barbera|

* Wacky Races
* Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs
* Jellystone!

Scooby-Doo (media)|

* What's New, Scooby-Doo?
* Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
* Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
* Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
* "Scoobynatural" (Supernatural episode)
* Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
* Scoob! (2020)
* Velma

Osmosis Jones|

* Osmosis Jones (2001)
* Ozzy & Drix

The Lego Movie|

* The Lego Movie (2014)
* The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
* The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
* Unikitty! (2017)
* The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

ThunderCats|

* ThunderCats (2011 TV series)
* ThunderCats Roar

Films and specials

| Theatrical
films|

* Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
* Space Jam (1996)
* Cats Don't Dance (1997)
* Quest for Camelot (1998)
* The Iron Giant (1999)
* Osmosis Jones (2001)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
* The Lego Movie (2014)
* Storks (2016)
* The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
* The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
* Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
* Smallfoot (2018)
* The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
* Scoob! (2020)
* Tom & Jerry (2021)
* Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
* DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
* The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
* The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2025)
* The Cat in the Hat (2026)
* Coyote vs. Acme (2026)
* Scoob! Holiday Haunt (unreleased)

|

Television
specials|

* A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)
* Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games (2012)
* Robot Chicken DC Comics Special (2012)
* Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow (2013)
* Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013)
* Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise (2014)
* Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals (2014)
* Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers (2014)
* Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered (2014)
* Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie (2015)
* Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship (2015)
* Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (2015)
* DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High (2016)

Direct-
to-video|

| 1990s|

* Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
* Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
* Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
* Wakko's Wish (1999)

|

2000s|

* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000)
* Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
* Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
* Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)
* Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
* Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (2003)
* Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004)
* Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! (2004)
* ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico (2005)
* Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (2005)
* Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005)
* Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005)
* The Batman vs. Dracula (2005)
* Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
* Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
* Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006)
* Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006)
* Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006)
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
* Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007)
* Superman: Doomsday (2007)
* Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
* Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
* Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)
* Wonder Woman (2009)
* Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
* Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
* Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

2010s|

| 2010|

* Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
* Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
* Batman: Under the Red Hood
* Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
* Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
* Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

|

2011|

* All-Star Superman
* Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
* Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz
* Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
* Batman: Year One

2012|

* Justice League: Doom
* Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
* Superman vs. The Elite
* Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012/2013)
* Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse
* Big Top Scooby-Doo!

2013|

* Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
* Superman: Unbound
* Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
* Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
* Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
* Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

2014|

* JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time
* Justice League: War
* Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
* Son of Batman
* Batman: Assault on Arkham
* Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy
* Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

2015|

* Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
* Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League
* Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
* The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
* Batman vs. Robin
* Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts
* Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
* Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery
* Justice League: Gods and Monsters
* Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
* Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
* Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom

2016|

* Batman: Bad Blood
* Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash
* Justice League vs. Teen Titans
* Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
* Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
* Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout
* Batman: The Killing Joke
* Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
* DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year
* Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants
* Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders

2017|

* Justice League Dark
* Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
* The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!
* Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
* DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games
* Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
* Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash
* Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain
* Batman and Harley Quinn
* Batman vs. Two-Face

2018|

* Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
* Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
* Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash
* Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
* Batman Ninja
* Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High
* Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis
* The Death of Superman
* Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost
* DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis

2019|

* Reign of the Supermen
* Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost
* Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
* Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Batman: Hush
* Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
* Lego DC Batman: Family Matters
* Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
* Wonder Woman: Bloodlines

2020s|

| 2020|

* Superman: Red Son
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
* Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters
* Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
* Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie
* Superman: Man of Tomorrow
* Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

|

2021|

* Batman: Soul of the Dragon
* Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
* Justice Society: World War II
* Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam
* Batman: The Long Halloween
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
* Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog
* Injustice

2022|

* Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up!
* Catwoman: Hunted
* Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse
* King Tweety
* Green Lantern: Beware My Power
* Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
* Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
* Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land
* Green Lantern: Beware My Power

2023|

* Legion of Super-Heroes
* Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
* Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen
* Taz: Quest for Burger
* Justice League: Warworld
* Babylon 5: The Road Home
* Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
* Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match

2024|

* Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths
* Watchmen

2025|

* Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League
* Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

Short films|

* The Duxorcist (1987)
* The Night of the Living Duck (1988)
* Box-Office Bunny (1990)
* Chariots of Fur (1994)
* Carrotblanca (1995)
* Another Froggy Evening (1995)
* Superior Duck (1996)
* Pullet Surprise (1997)
* Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1997)
* From Hare to Eternity (1997)
* Father of the Bird (1997)
* Little Go Beep (2000)
* Chase Me (2003)
* The Karate Guard (2005)
* DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010)
* DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (2010)
* Coyote Falls (2010)
* Fur of Flying (2010)
* DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010)
* Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010)
* Rabid Rider (2010)
* DC Showcase: Catwoman (2011)
* I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
* Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)
* The Master (2016)
* The Late Batsby (2018)

Other TV series

| 1990s|

* Road Rovers
* Waynehead
* Free Willy
* Histeria!
* Detention

|

2000s|

* Baby Blues
* ¡Mucha Lucha!
* 3-South
* Xiaolin Showdown
* Firehouse Tales
* Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!
* Johnny Test (characters)

2010s|

* Mike Tyson Mysteries
* Bunnicula
* Right Now Kapow
* Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
* Green Eggs and Ham

2020s|

* Little Ellen
* Gremlins

See also

* List of Warner Bros. Animation productions
* Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
* Warner Bros. Feature Animation
* Warner Bros. Cartoons
* Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
* Hanna-Barbera
* Cartoon Network Productions
* Cartoon Network Studios
* Williams Street
* Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
* Unproduced projects
* List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films

* Warner Bros. Cartoons
* Warner Bros. Animation

* v
* t
* e

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies

Studios|

* Harman-Ising Productions (1930–1933)
* Leon Schlesinger Productions (1933–1944)
* Warner Bros. Cartoons (1944–1964)
* DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1964–1967, 1979–1980)
* Format Films (1965–1967)
* Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969)
* Chuck Jones Enterprises (1976–1980, 1994–1997)
* Warner Bros. Animation (1980–present)

Characters|

| Major|

* Bugs Bunny
* Development
* Daffy Duck
* Duck Dodgers
* Elmer Fudd
* Foghorn Leghorn
* Granny
* Lola Bunny
* Marvin the Martian
* Pepé Le Pew
* Porky Pig
* Speedy Gonzales
* Sylvester the Cat
* Tasmanian Devil (Taz)
* Tweety
* Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
* Yosemite Sam

|

Secondary|

* Babbit and Catstello
* Barnyard Dawg
* Beaky Buzzard
* Beans
* Bosko
* Buddy
* Cecil Turtle
* Charlie Dog
* Claude Cat
* Clyde Bunny
* Colonel Shuffle
* Conrad the Cat
* Cool Cat
* Egghead Jr.
* Foxy
* Goofy Gophers
* Goopy Geer
* Gossamer
* Henery Hawk
* Hippety Hopper
* Hubie and Bertie
* Hugo the Abominable Snowman
* Inki
* Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
* Merlin the Magic Mouse
* Michigan J. Frog
* Miss Prissy
* Nasty Canasta
* Penelope Pussycat
* Petunia Pig
* Piggy
* Quick Brown Fox and Rapid Rabbit
* Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog
* Sniffles
* Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier
* Sylvester Jr.
* The Three Bears
* Willoughby
* Witch Hazel

Shorts|

* 1929–1939
* 1940–1949
* 1950–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–present
* Featuring Bugs Bunny
* Featuring Daffy Duck
* Featuring Elmer Fudd
* Featuring Marvin the Martian
* Featuring Porky Pig
* Featuring Speedy Gonzales
* Featuring Sylvester
* Featuring Yosemite Sam
* Blue Ribbon reissues
* Censored Eleven

Feature films|

| Compilations|

* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
* The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
* Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
* Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
* The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

|

Feature-length theatrical animated|

* The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Live-action/animation|

* Space Jam
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action
* Space Jam: A New Legacy
* Coyote vs. Acme

Direct-to-video|

* Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
* Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
* Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
* Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam
* King Tweety
* Taz: Quest for Burger

Documentaries|

* Bugs Bunny: Superstar
* Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
* Chuck Amuck: The Movie

Television
series|

| Compilations|

* The Bugs Bunny Show
* The Porky Pig Show
* The Road Runner Show
* The Merrie Melodies Show
* Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends
* Bugs 'n' Daffy

|

Originals|

* Tiny Toon Adventures
* Taz-Mania
* The Plucky Duck Show
* Animaniacs
* Pinky and the Brain
* The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
* Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
* Baby Looney Tunes
* Duck Dodgers
* Loonatics Unleashed
* The Looney Tunes Show
* Wabbit/New Looney Tunes
* Looney Tunes Cartoons
* Animaniacs 2020
* Bugs Bunny Builders
* Tiny Toons Looniversity

Television
specials|

* Meet the Groovie Goolies
* Carnival of the Animals
* Easter Special
* Bugs Bunny in Space
* Howl-oween Special
* King Arthur's Court
* Thanksgiving Diet
* Looney Christmas Tales
* Bustin' Out All Over
* The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
* Battle of the Music Video Stars
* Overtures to Disaster

Music/songs|

* "Camptown Races"
* "Dance of the Comedians"
* "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)"
* "Merrily We Roll Along"
* "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"
* "Powerhouse"

Attractions|

* Looney Tunes River Ride
* Road Runner Express (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)
* Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
* Road Runner Rollercoaster
* Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!

Other|

* Private Snafu
* A Political Cartoon
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
* Video games

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Animation industry in the United States

Companies and studios

| Active|

| Majors|

| Universal Studios|

* DreamWorks Animation
* DreamWorks Animation Television
* DreamWorks Classics
* Big Idea Entertainment
* Harvey Films
* Illumination
* Universal Animation Studios

|

Paramount Pictures|

* CBS Eye Animation Productions
* Late Night Cartoons
* MTV Animation
* Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Nickelodeon Digital
* Nickelodeon Movies
* Paramount Animation
* Miramax Animation Studios
* Skydance Animation

|

Walt Disney Studios|

* 20th Century Animation
* 20th Television Animation
* Disney Television Animation
* Lucasfilm Animation
* Industrial Light & Magic
* Marvel Animation
* Marvel Studios Animation
* Pixar Animation Studios
* Walt Disney Animation Studios

|

Warner Bros.|

* Cartoon Network Studios
* Warner Bros. Animation
* Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
* Warner Bros. Television Animation
* Williams Street

|

Sony Pictures|

* Aniplex of America
* Crunchyroll
* Sony Pictures Animation
* Sony Pictures Imageworks

|

* 41 Entertainment
* AMC Networks
* Sentai Filmworks
* Section23 Films
* Augenblick Studios
* Awesome Inc
* Fox Corporation
* Bento Box Entertainment
* Bandera Entertainment
* Bang Zoom!
* Billionfold Inc.
* Blur Studio
* Cartuna
* CHRLX
* Cloudco Entertainment
* CMCC Cartoons
* DNEG
* Digital Domain
* Floyd County Productions
* Fred Wolf Films
* Fuzzy Door Productions
* Hasbro Entertainment
* Jay Ward Productions
* Joe Murray Productions
* Kanbar Animation
* Kartoon Studios
* Wow Unlimited Media
* Bolder Media
* Frederator Studios
* Kinofilm
* Klasky Csupo
* Kurtz & Friends
* Laika, LLC
* Lee Mendelson Films
* Melendez Films
* Man of Action Entertainment
* Mattel Television
* Media Blasters
* Mexopolis
* Mondo Media
* 6 Point Harness
* Netflix Animation
* Noble
* NYAV Post
* Parallax Studio
* Powerhouse Animation Studios
* Psyop
* Reel FX Animation
* Renegade Animation
* Rough Draft Studios
* Rovio Animation
* Screen Novelties
* Scholastic
* Weston Woods Studios
* SD Entertainment
* ShadowMachine
* Snee-Oosh, Inc.
* SpindleHorse
* Splash Entertainment
* Sprite Animation Studios
* Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
* Stretch Films
* Studiopolis
* Tau Films
* Threshold Entertainment
* Titmouse, Inc.
* The Kerner Entertainment Company
* The ULULU Company
* Toei Animation Inc.
* United Plankton Pictures
* Vanguard Animation
* Wild Canary Animation
* World Events Productions
* Worker Studio
* WWE Studios
* Walden Media

Former|

* 4Kids Entertainment
* 70/30 Productions
* Adelaide Productions
* Adventure Cartoon Productions
* Allspark
* Amblimation
* Animation Collective
* Animation Lab
* Animation Magic
* Blue Sky Studios
* BVS Entertainment
* Cartoon Pizza
* Chorion
* Circle 7 Animation
* Cookie Jar
* Crest Animation Productions
* Curious Pictures
* DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
* DIC Entertainment
* Disneytoon Studios
* DNA Productions
* Famous Studios
* Filmation
* Film Roman

* Phil Roman Entertainment

* Fleischer Studios
* Format Films
* Fox Animation Studios
* Frederator Films
* Golden Films
* Hanna-Barbera
* HIT Entertainment
* Jetlag Productions
* Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!
* Kroyer Films
* Laugh-O-Gram Studio
* Little Airplane Productions
* Marvel Productions
* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
* MGM Animation/Visual Arts
* MGM Cartoons
* Mirari Films
* MoonScoop
* O Entertainment
* Omation Animation Studio
* Pacific Data Images
* PorchLight Entertainment
* Prana Studios
* Radical Axis
* Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
* Rhythm and Hues Studios
* Rooster Teeth
* Ruby-Spears
* Screen Gems
* Skellington Productions
* Soup2Nuts
* Spümcø
* Storyboard, Inc./Hubley Studios
* Sullivan Bluth Studios
* Sunbow Entertainment
* Terrytoons
* Total Television
* United Productions of America
* Van Beuren Studios
* Walter Lantz Productions
* Warner Bros. Cartoons
* Wētā FX
* Wildbrain Entertainment
* Will Vinton Studios
* Zodiac Entertainment

Industry associations

* The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839
* ASIFA-Hollywood

Other topics

| Awards|

* Academy Awards
* Best Animated Feature
* Annie Awards
* Emmy Awards
* Children's and Family
* Primetime
* Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
* Favorite Cartoon
* Animated Movie
* NAACP Image Awards
* Motion Picture
* Series
* GLAAD Media Awards
* Kids and Family Programming (Animated)
* Writers Guild of America Awards
* Television Animation

|

History|

* Silent era
* Golden age
* World War II
* Television era
* Modern era

Related|

* Animated sitcom
* American comics
* History of American comics
* Tijuana bible
* Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
* Flash animation
* Labor strikes
* Fleischer Studios (1937)
* Disney (1941)
* Multiple studios (1982)

* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Czech Republic
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX

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