As a child, he occasionally worked as an extra in Mac Sennett comedies. Jones graduated from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (now California Institute of the Arts). In 1932, Jones got his first job as a cel washer for Ubbe Iwerks, a former Disney Animator. , after being hired by Friz Freleng as an animator. Once the animation branch of Warner Bros.
Closed, Jones briefly worked for Disney before moving to MGM where he created new episodes of Tom and Jerry and directed features such as The Dot and the Line, which went on to win an Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Chuck Jones work has been honored at film festivals and museums throughout the world, including a one-man retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His autobiography, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist , appeared in 1989, now in its fifth printing. The item "CHUCK JONES PEPE LEPEW 50TH BIRTHDAY ANIMATION CEL SIGNED #252/400 WithCOA" is in sale since Tuesday, May 10, 2016.This item is in the category "Collectibles\Animation Art & Characters\Animation Art\Sericels". The seller is "pilcherent" and is located in Marshallville, Ohio. This item can be shipped worldwide.