Tex Avery

Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. (Termite Terrace) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, creating the characters of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Droopy; and his influence was found in almost all of the animated cartoon series by various studios in the 1940s and 1950s.

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February 26 - 1908 - August 26 - 1980 - Animator - Cartoonist - Director - Animated - Golden Age of Hollywood - Warner Bros. - Termite Terrace - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - 1940 - 1950

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Avery's style of directing broke the mold of ultra-realism established by Walt Disney, and encouraged animators to stretch the boundaries of the medium to do things in a cartoon that could not be done in the world of live-action film. An often-quoted line from Avery's cartoons was, "In a cartoon you can do anything," and his cartoons often did just that.

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