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Unlike the limited animation often seen in cartoons of recent years, Jones insisted on using full animation in which a character's entire body moves in each frame. This process enabled him to develop the personality and motivation of each character through the way they moved. Critics often compare his work with that of classic screen comedians. Growing up in Hollywood, Jones observed the talents of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton while working occasionally as a child extra in Mack Sennett comedies. After graduating from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, Jones drew pencil portraits for a dollar apiece on Olvera Street until former Disney animator Vb Iwerks hired him as a cell washer. Jones' career progressed with a position as an animator for the Leon Schlesinger studio, and later, with the Warner Bros. team that made "" and "." Working on the unit headed by Fred "Tex" Avery, Jones and other Warner animators and directors shared a back-lot building they nicknamed "Termite Terrace." It was here that the personalities and characteristics of , and were developed and produced.

Today, Jones is again doing the same type of cartoons he was drawing 60 years ago. He's back at Warner Bros. working on Daffy Duck shorts. "I'm starting a new unit like we had in the old days. I'm the senior citizen who is having the greatest time working with young artists to rebuild a Hollywood tradition. I hope to create 'Termite Terrace II'." Jones' career spans more than 60 years. During that time he has created more than 300 films, including (1965), for which he took home an Academy Award in the Short Subject (cartoon) category. Jones received two other Short Subject nominations in 1961 for and

NELLY'S FOLLY. Warner Bros., where Jones worked from 1938 until the close of