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Freleng early in his career, was an American animator , cartoonist , director , producer , and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from the s to the early s. In total he created more than cartoons. The senior director at Warners' Termite Terrace studio, Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio a total of , and is also the most officially-honored of the Warner directors, having won five Academy Awards and three Emmy Awards.

Freleng, who was self-taught and had no formal training in animation, began his incredible career at United Film Advancement Services at age

After Warner closed down the animation studio in , Freleng and business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie—Freleng Enterprises , which produced cartoons including The Pink Panther Show , feature film title sequences, and Saturday-morning cartoons through the early s. The nickname "Friz" came from his friend, Hugh Harman , who initially nicknamed him "Congressman Frizby" after a fictional senator who appeared in satirical pieces in the Los Angeles Examiner , due to the character's strong resemblance to him.

Over time, this shortened to "Friz". William Schallert claimed that Freleng was the model for Mr. Magoo due to his physical appearance. In , Iwerks' friend, Walt Disney , moved to Hollywood and put out a call for his Kansas City colleagues to join him. Freleng, however, held out until January , when he finally moved to California and joined the Walt Disney studio.

Friz said in an interview with Michael Barrier that Walt had shown patience and remorse in letters prior to joining him, but did not show that attitude after he joined Disney and instead Disney became abusive and harassed him. Freleng soon teamed up with Harman and Ising who had also left Disney's employ to create their own studio. The trio produced a pilot film starring a new Mickey Mouse -like character named Bosko.

Looking at unemployment if the cartoon failed to generate interest, Freleng moved to New York City to work on Mintz' Krazy Kat cartoons, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] all the while still trying to sell the Harman-Ising Bosko picture. Freleng was very unhappy living in New York and made the best of it until another opportunity opened for him.