Later versions came from Gene Deitch and Chuck Jones, and then others. The characters most recently toplined the 2021 hybrid film Tom & Jerry. While through the years it has been criticized for ...

HOLLYWOOD — Pioneering animator and director Chuck Jones –who ... Then MGM asked him to take over production on the “Tom and Jerry” cartoons (created by Hanna/Barbera).

Jones moved to MGM, where he created new episodes for the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. While there, he directed the Academy Award-winning film “The Dot and the Line.” He later started Chuck ...