Director

Gerry Chiniquy

Visual Effects

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Directed credits

108

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

3.1

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 106Directed series: 2All crew credits: 169

TMDB ID: 549358

IMDb ID: nm0157908

Known for: Visual Effects

Born: June 23, 1912

Died: November 22, 1989

Age: 77

Place of birth: Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1940 - 1982

Years active: 43

Average TMDB rating: 6.82

Wikidata: Q3104336

Also known as

Germain Adolph "Gerry" Chiniquy • Germain Adolph Chiniquy • Gerald Chiniquy

Frequent jobs

Director (106)Animation Director (1)Visual Effects Art Director (1)Animation (60)Sequence Supervisor (1)

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Biography

Germain Adolph "Gerry" Chiniquy (pronounced "CHIN-nick-ee") (June 23, 1912—November 22, 1989) was an American animator. He is best known for his work with Friz Freleng, at both Warner Bros. and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. Chiniquy joined Freleng's animation team in the early 1940s. His work can best be seen in the many dance numbers that Freleng liked to use in his shorts. As crew members working on Golden Age Warner Bros. cartoons were seldom credited, Chiniquy and the other animators would often add their names into the backgrounds of cartoons. Chiniquy's name can be seen in Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948); look for "G. Chiniquy, Blacksmith" painted on a rooftop. Chiniquy also made a cameo appearance in the live action portion of You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940), as the director calling for "Quiet on the set!" Names of several Depatie-Freleng workers appear in The Barkleys' (NBC, 1972) episode "Lib and Let Lib", as bus passengers complimenting Agnes Barkley on her bus driving. After Chiniquy followed Freleng to DFE, he was promoted to director. Chiniquy directed many of the theatrical Pink Panther and The Ant and the Aardvark shorts.

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