Leon Schlesinger

About

Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation. He was a distant relative of the Warner Brothers. As head of his own studio, Schlesinger served as the producer of Warner's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1930, when Schlesinger assumed production from his subcontractors, Harman and Ising, to 1944, when Warner acquired the studio.

Known for

Fresh HareMovie • 1942Bugs Bunny and the Three BearsMovie • 1944Horton Hatches the EggMovie • 1942SpiesMovie • 1943The Hare-Brained HypnotistMovie • 1942Swooner CroonerMovie • 1944Bugs Bunny Gets the BoidMovie • 1942Daffy - The CommandoMovie • 1943Hare ForceMovie • 1944I Love to SingaMovie • 1936Pigs in a PolkaMovie • 1943All This and Rabbit StewMovie • 1941A Tale of Two KittiesMovie • 1942Wabbit TwoubleMovie • 1941Duck Soup to NutsMovie • 1944The Case of the Stuttering PigMovie • 1937The DucktatorsMovie • 1942Porky's Duck HuntMovie • 1937Elmer's Candid CameraMovie • 1940Daffy Duck in HollywoodMovie • 1938The Aristo-CatMovie • 1943The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort HallMovie • 1942Little Red Riding RabbitMovie • 1944Tom Turk and DaffyMovie • 1944