Tex Avery
Animador, dibujante y director de películas de dibujos animados norteamericano, nacido en Taylor, Texas. Famoso creador de personajes animados que incluyen al Pato Lucas, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Porky y Chilly Willy, entre una larga lista de creaciones. Avery comenzó su carrera de dibujante trabajando en los estudios de Walter Lantz, en la década de los 30, modelando aspectos del personaje llamado Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Fue en esas dependencias donde un clip le dañó su ojo izquierdo, del que perdió la visión. Hubo críticos que al analizar su obra sostuvieron que la pérdida de la visión estereoscópica fue la responsable de su particular manera de dirigir a los personajes animados. Hacia finales de 1935, Avery se instaló junto a su equipo, que incluía a Bob Clampett y a Chuck Jones, en un bungalow que llegó a ser conocido como "Termit Terrace" (terraza de termitas), por la numerosa población de esos insectos, con los que convivían. Precisamente con ese apodo tan particular fueron identificados todos los componentes de la caricatura Warner Bros. El primer corto fruto de esa producción se llamó Golddiggers (Buscadores de Oro, 1949), que hizo del cerdito Porky su estrella principal. A partir de ese trabajo, y con la incorporación de Frank Tashlin como director asociado, Avery desarrolló las líneas sobre las que su extensa y exitosa filmografía comenzó a rodar. Paulatinamente la serie Looney Tunes (Tonadillas Chifladas) desplazó a la serie Merrie Melodies (Melodías Alegres), con la creación de personajes, animales en su mayoría, con personalidades de comportamientos lunáticos, extraordinaria fantasía, conducta errática aunque dotados de una suerte irreductible como propio valor. Entre estos personajes enigmáticos, a los que nadie podría pedirles una lógica justificación, se erigió el pato Lucas. También intervino en el desarrollo de la personalidad del conejo Bugs Bunny con posterioridad a la serie de cortos que dirigió Ben Hardaway, haciendo del conejo un ser más sutil y más moderno. Pero el personaje más famoso de su invención apareció en 1943 en la forma de un pequeño perro de orejas grandes y pelo colorado que respondía al nombre de Droopy. Avery dejó la MGM en 1953 y regresó el estudio de Walter Lantz, origen de su periplo laboral. Allí dirigió cuatro caricaturas hasta 1955, en las dos últimas surgió el pingüino Chilly Willy de gran impacto en la población juvenil, pero la relación con Walter Lantz se tensa por diferencias salariales, y Avery renunció, poniendo fin a su ilustre carrera en la gran industria del entretenimiento.
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Películas (184)
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
2020 · Director
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
2011 · Director
The Essential Bugs Bunny
2010 · Director
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
2007 · Papa Bear (archive sound) (uncredited), Director
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
2007 · Director
The very best of Tweety
2005 · Director
Tex Avery MGM Collection
2004 · Producer, Director, Scenario Writer
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 2
2003 · Director
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 4
2003 · Director
Tex Avery: A Crazy World
2003 · Lui-même
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular
1995 · Original Concept
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
1991 · Director
Portrait of Tex Avery
1988
Casper's First Christmas
1979 · Animation Director
Bugs Bunny Superstar
1976 · Himself
Cat's Meow
1957 · Director
Millionaire Droopy
1956 · Director
Hold That Rock
1956 · Director, Storyboard
Room and Wrath
1956 · Director, Storyboard
Cellbound
1955 · Director
Deputy Droopy
1955 · Short Robber (voice) (uncredited), Director
The First Bad Man
1955 · Cavemen (uncredited), Director
Sh-h-h-h-h-h
1955 · Director, Writer
Field and Scream
1955 · Director
The Legend of Rockabye Point
1955 · Polar Bear's Sneezes / Polar Bear's Screams (voice) (uncredited), Director
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
1955 · Director, Writer
I'm Cold
1954 · Director
Dixieland Droopy
1954 · Director
The Flea Circus
1954 · Director
The Farm of Tomorrow
1954 · Small Baby Chicken (voice) (uncredited), Director
Homesteader Droopy
1954 · Director
Billy Boy
1954 · Director
Drag-A-Long Droopy
1954 · Director
The Three Little Pups
1953 · Director
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953 · Director, Producer
Little Johnny Jet
1953 · Director
Barney's Hungry Cousin
1953 · Hungry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Rock-a-Bye Bear
1952 · Director
One Cab's Family
1952 · Director
Magical Maestro
1952 · Director
Droopy's Double Trouble
1951 · Director
Car of Tomorrow
1951 · Hiccups (voice), Director
Symphony in Slang
1951 · Director, Producer
Droopy's Good Deed
1951 · Director
Daredevil Droopy
1951 · Spike (voice) (uncredited), Director
Cock-a-Doodle Dog
1951 · Director
The Peachy Cobbler
1950 · Director
The Chump Champ
1950 · Director
Garden Gopher
1950 · Spike (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer
The Cuckoo Clock
1950 · Director
Ventriloquist Cat
1950 · Alley Cat / Spike (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Counterfeit Cat
1949 · Director
Out-Foxed
1949 · Director
Little Rural Riding Hood
1949 · Director
Wags to Riches
1949 · Director
Doggone Tired
1949 · Director
The House of Tomorrow
1949 · Burps (uncredited), Director
Señor Droopy
1949 · Bull (voice) (uncredited), Director
Bad Luck Blackie
1949 · Large Dog (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Cat That Hated People
1948 · Director
Lucky Ducky
1948 · Director
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948 · Director
Little 'Tinker
1948 · Director
What Price Fleadom
1948 · Homer's Dog (voice) (uncredited), Director
King-Size Canary
1947 · Director
Slap Happy Lion
1947 · Director
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
1947 · Director
Red Hot Rangers
1947 · Junior (voice) (uncredited), Director
Hound Hunters
1947 · Junior (voice) (uncredited), Director
Henpecked Hoboes
1946 · Junior (voice) (uncredited), Director
A Feather in His Collar
1946 · Animation
Northwest Hounded Police
1946 · Droopy (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Hick Chick
1946 · Director
Lonesome Lenny
1946 · Lenny (voice) (uncredited), Director
A Bird in the Head
1946 · Animation
Wild and Woolfy
1945 · Director
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945 · Director
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945 · Director
Jerky Turkey
1945 · Hunting Pilgrim / Turkey Call (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Screwy Truant
1945 · Director
Big Heel-Watha
1944 · Director
Happy-Go-Nutty
1944 · Director
Batty Baseball
1944 · Director
Screwball Squirrel
1944 · Director
What's Buzzin' Buzzard?
1943 · Director
One Ham's Family
1943 · Director
Who Killed Who?
1943 · Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited), Director
Red Hot Riding Hood
1943 · Director
Dumb-Hounded
1943 · Director
The Early Bird Dood It!
1942 · Director
Blitz Wolf
1942 · Director
Hold the Lion, Please
1942 · Hippo (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy Cruise
1942 · Director
Aloha Hooey
1942 · Director
Wabbit Twouble
1941 · Director
The Cagey Canary
1941 · Director
The Bug Parade
1941 · Director
All This and Rabbit Stew
1941 · Director
Aviation Vacation
1941 · Director
The Heckling Hare
1941 · Willoughby (voice) (uncredited), Director
Hollywood Steps Out
1941 · Director
Porky's Preview
1941 · Director
Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm
1941 · Director
Tortoise Beats Hare
1941 · Director
The Crackpot Quail
1941 · Willoughby (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Haunted Mouse
1941 · Director
Of Fox and Hounds
1940 · Willoughby (voice) (uncredited), Director
Wacky Wildlife
1940 · Director
Holiday Highlights
1940 · Director
Ceiling Hero
1940 · Director
Ghost Wanted
1940 · Laughing Ghost (voice)
A Wild Hare
1940 · Director
Circus Today
1940 · Circus Bandmaster (voice) (uncredited), Director
A Gander at Mother Goose
1940 · Director
The Bear's Tale
1940 · Poppa Bear (voice) (uncredited), Director
Cross Country Detours
1940 · Director
The Early Worm Gets the Bird
1940 · Director
Screwball Football
1939 · Director
Fresh Fish
1939 · Prof. Mackerel Fishsticks (voice), Director
Land of the Midnight Fun
1939 · Director
Detouring America
1939 · Director
Dangerous Dan McFoo
1939 · Fight Commentator (voice) (uncredited), Director
Believe It or Else
1939 · Old Man in Jail (voice) (uncredited), Director
Thugs with Dirty Mugs
1939 · Ed. G. Robemsome as Killer Diller (voice), Director
A Day at the Zoo
1939 · Other Elk Named Bill (voice) (uncredited), Director
Hamateur Night
1939 · Hippo (voice), Director
Count Me Out
1938 · Fight Referee (voice) (uncredited)
The Mice Will Play
1938 · Director
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
1938 · Director
Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
1938 · The Chief (voice), Director
A Feud There Was
1938 · Weaver Dude / Weaver Guy with Gun (voice), Director
Cinderella Meets Fella
1938 · Director
Movie Phoney News
1938 · Director
The Isle of Pingo Pongo
1938 · Director
The Penguin Parade
1938 · Walrus (voice), Director
Porky's Phoney Express
1938 · Porky's Boss's laugh (voice) (uncredited)
The Sneezing Weasel
1938 · Weasel (voice) (uncredited), Director
Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938 · Director
Little Red Walking Hood
1937 · Director
I Wanna Be a Sailor
1937 · Director
Porky's Garden
1937 · Director
A Sunbonnet Blue
1937 · Mouse (voice) (uncredited), Director
Egghead Rides Again
1937 · Red (voice) (uncredited), Director
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
1937 · Uncle Tom (voice), Director
Ain't We Got Fun
1937 · Director
Porky's Duck Hunt
1937 · Director, Writer
I Only Have Eyes for You
1937 · Director
Picador Porky
1937 · Director
Porky the Wrestler
1937 · Champion Wrestler Man Mountain (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Village Smithy
1936 · Blacksmith (voice), Director
Don't Look Now
1936 · Preacher (voice) (uncredited), Director
Milk and Money
1936 · Director
Porky the Rain-Maker
1936 · Director
I Love to Singa
1936 · Director, Story
I'd Love to Take Orders from You
1936 · Director
The Blow Out
1936 · Director
Page Miss Glory
1936 · Director
Plane Dippy
1936 · Director
Gold Diggers of '49
1935 · Director
The Quail Hunt
1935 · Director
Amateur Broadcast
1935 · Director
At Your Service
1935 · Director
Towne Hall Follies
1935 · Animation, Director
Elmer the Great Dane
1935 · Director
Do a Good Deed
1935 · Director
The Hillbilly
1935 · Director
Robinson Crusoe Isle
1935 · Director
Toyland Premiere
1934 · Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
Sky Larks
1934 · Director
Chris Columbus, Jr.
1934 · Director
The Gingerbread Boy
1934 · Director
The Zoo
1933 · Story
Confidence
1933 · Animation
Grandma's Pet
1932 · Animation
The Hunter
1931 · Writer
Africa
1930 · Animation
The Fowl Ball
1930 · Animation
Spooks
1930 · Opening Voice / The Phantom (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Not So Quiet
1930 · Sergeant (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
My Pal Paul
1930 · Paul Whiteman / Laughing Bird (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Hells Heels
1930 · Sheriff (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 1
· Director
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 3
· Director
