AKA: Fred Bean Avery
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 02/26/1908
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
Death Date: 08/26/1980
Influential figure who directed some of Hollywood's finest animated films of the 1940s and 50s, creating such memorable characters as Chilly-Willy the penguin and Droopy the dog. Avery's cartoons--often scripted by Heck Allen--offered a slightly more absurd and anarchic alternative to the work of his contemporaries Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng.
Began career working with Charles Mintz at Columbia in the 1920s
1930
Worked as animator for Walter Lantz at Universal
1936
Began directing at Warner Bros.
1937
Directed "Porky's Duck Hunt" which introduced the character of Daffy Duck
1940
Helmed one of the first Bugs Bunny shorts, "A Wild Hare"
