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Leon Schlesinger

Film Producer / Television Producer | * 05/20/1884 († 65, 12/25/1949) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Leon Schlesinger ( SHLESS-in-jər; 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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Comedies | Kids & Family

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Awards & Nominations for Leon Schlesinger

6x Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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Movies with Leon Schlesinger as Actor(2)

Movies with Leon Schlesinger as Crew(278)

Production/Producer1944 Censored
Production/Producer1944 The Weakly Reporter
Production/Producer1944 Birdy and the Beast
Production/Producer1944 A Lecture on Camouflage
Production/Producer1944 What's Cookin' Doc?
Production/Producer1944 Booby Traps
Production/Producer1944 Gas
Production/Producer1944 Snafuperman
Production/Producer1944 Duck Soup to Nuts
Production/Producer1944 Hare Force
Production/Producer1944 Swooner Crooner
Production/Producer1944 Brother Brat
Production/Producer1944 Russian Rhapsody
Production/Producer1944 Little Red Riding Rabbit
Production/Producer1944 I Got Plenty of Mutton
Production/Producer1944 Hare Ribbin'
Production/Producer1944 Tick Tock Tuckered
Production/Producer1944 Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
Production/Producer1944 The Chow Hound
Production/Producer1944 Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Production/Producer1944 Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
Production/Producer1944 Buckaroo Bugs
Production/Producer1943 Hop and Go
Production/Producer1943 To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
Production/Producer1943 Rumors
Production/Producer1943 Spies
Production/Producer1943 Confusions of a Nutzy Spy
Production/Producer1943 Daffy - The Commando
Production/Producer1943 Inki and the Minah Bird
Production/Producer1943 Tokio Jokio
Production/Producer1943 Point Rationing of Foods
Production/Producer1943 Super-Rabbit
Production/Producer1943 An Itch in Time
Production/Producer1943 Falling Hare
Production/Producer1943 Fifth Column Mouse
Production/Producer1943 Wackiki Wabbit
Production/Producer1943 A Corny Concerto
Production/Producer1943 The Gold Brick
Production/Producer1943 Porky Pig's Feat
Production/Producer1943 Fighting Tools
Production/Producer1943 Gripes
Production/Producer1943 The Unbearable Bear
Production/Producer1943 Pigs in a Polka
Production/Producer1943 The Wise Quacking Duck
Production/Producer1943 Yankee Doodle Daffy
Production/Producer1943 The Aristo-Cat
Production/Producer1943 Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
Production/Producer1943 Puss n' Booty
Production/Producer1943 Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Production/Producer1943 Coming!! Snafu
Production/Producer1943 Scrap Happy Daffy
Production/Producer1943 The Home Front
Production/Producer1942 Case of the Missing Hare
Production/Producer1942 Crazy Cruise
Production/Producer1942 The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
Production/Producer1942 Who's Who in the Zoo
Production/Producer1942 The Ducktators
Production/Producer1942 Conrad the Sailor
Production/Producer1942 Porky's Pastry Pirates
Production/Producer1942 Horton Hatches the Egg
Production/Producer1942 The Dover Boys at Pimento University
Production/Producer1942 A Tale of Two Kitties
Production/Producer1942 The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
Production/Producer1942 Ding Dog Daddy
Production/Producer1942 The Hep Cat
Production/Producer1942 The Draft Horse
Production/Producer1942 Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Production/Producer1942 The Wacky Wabbit
Production/Producer1942 The Impatient Patient
Production/Producer1942 Daffy's Southern Exposure
Production/Producer1942 Lights Fantastic
Production/Producer1942 Wacky Blackout
Production/Producer1942 Hold the Lion, Please
Production/Producer1942 Fresh Hare
Production/Producer1942 My Favorite Duck
Production/Producer1941 All This and Rabbit Stew
Production/Producer1941 The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Production/Producer1941 Toy Trouble
Production/Producer1941 Rookie Revue
Production/Producer1941 The Haunted Mouse
Production/Producer1941 Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Production/Producer1941 Rhapsody in Rivets
Production/Producer1941 Goofy Groceries
Production/Producer1941 Tortoise Beats Hare
Production/Producer1941 The Brave Little Bat
Production/Producer1941 The Henpecked Duck
Production/Producer1941 Wabbit Twouble
Production/Producer1941 Farm Frolics
Production/Producer1941 Hollywood Steps Out
Production/Producer1941 Aviation Vacation
Production/Producer1941 The Heckling Hare
Production/Producer1941 Meet John Doughboy
Production/Producer1941 The Fighting 69½th
Production/Producer1941 The Cat's Tale
Production/Producer1941 Porky's Pooch
Production/Producer1940 The Hardship of Miles Standish
Production/Producer1940 Porky's Poor Fish
Production/Producer1940 Prehistoric Porky
Production/Producer1940 The Bear's Tale
Crew/Title Graphics1940 Love Thy Neighbor
Production/Producer1940 A Wild Hare
Production/Producer1940 The Egg Collector
Production/Producer1940 Sniffles Takes a Trip
Production/Producer1940 Bedtime for Sniffles
Production/Producer1940 You Ought to Be in Pictures
Production/Producer1940 Elmer's Candid Camera
Production/Producer1940 The Sour Puss
Production/Producer1940 Patient Porky
Production/Producer1940 Tom Thumb in Trouble
Production/Producer1940 A Gander at Mother Goose
Production/Producer1940 Slap Happy Pappy
Production/Producer1939 Porky's Hotel
Production/Producer1939 Bars and Stripes Forever
Production/Producer1939 Hare-um Scare-um
Production/Producer1939 Robin Hood Makes Good
Production/Producer1939 Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Production/Producer1939 The Film Fan
Production/Producer1939 Porky and Teabiscuit
Production/Producer1939 Wise Quacks
Production/Producer1939 Naughty But Mice
Production/Producer1939 Old Glory
Production/Producer1939 Believe It or Else
Production/Producer1939 Screwball Football
Production/Producer1939 Little Brother Rat
Production/Producer1939 Thugs with Dirty Mugs
Production/Producer1939 Prest-O Change-O
Production/Producer1939 Jeepers Creepers
Production/Producer1939 Sniffles and the Bookworm
Production/Producer1939 Polar Pals
Production/Producer1938 Count Me Out
Production/Producer1938 Katnip Kollege
Production/Producer1938 Have You Got Any Castles?
Production/Producer1938 Porky's Five & Ten
Production/Producer1938 A Star Is Hatched
Production/Producer1938 Wholly Smoke
Production/Producer1938 Porky's Party
Production/Producer1938 The Night Watchman
Production/Producer1938 Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Production/Producer1938 The Daffy Doc
Production/Producer1938 What Price Porky
Production/Producer1938 Porky & Daffy
Production/Producer1938 Porky the Fireman
Production/Producer1938 Porky's Poppa
Production/Producer1938 Cinderella Meets Fella
Production/Producer1938 Daffy Duck & Egghead
Production/Producer1938 Porky's Hare Hunt
Production/Producer1938 Now That Summer Is Gone
Production/Producer1938 Porky in Egypt
Production/Producer1938 Little Pancho Vanilla
Production/Producer1938 Porky in Wackyland
Production/Producer1938 Cracked Ice
Production/Producer1938 You're an Education
Production/Producer1938 The Mice Will Play
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Super Service
Production/Producer1937 I Wanna Be a Sailor
Production/Producer1937 Speaking of the Weather
Production/Producer1937 The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Production/Producer1937 Get Rich Quick Porky
Production/Producer1937 Ain't We Got Fun
Production/Producer1937 Rover's Rival
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Building
Production/Producer1937 Little Red Walking Hood
Production/Producer1937 I Only Have Eyes for You
Production/Producer1937 Pigs Is Pigs
Production/Producer1937 A Sunbonnet Blue
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Duck Hunt
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Hero Agency
Production/Producer1937 Streamlined Greta Green
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Badtime Story
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Romance
Production/Producer1937 She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
Production/Producer1937 Egghead Rides Again
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Road Race
Production/Producer1937 Picador Porky
Production/Producer1937 The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
Production/Producer1937 Plenty of Money and You
Production/Producer1937 The Lyin' Mouse
Production/Producer1937 Porky's Railroad
Production/Producer1937 Porky and Gabby
Production/Producer1936 Page Miss Glory
Production/Producer1936 Porky in the North Woods
Production/Producer1936 Porky's Poultry Plant
Production/Producer1936 When I Yoo Hoo
Production/Producer1936 Bingo Crosbyana
Production/Producer1936 Toy Town Hall
Production/Producer1936 The Phantom Ship
Production/Producer1936 Milk and Money
Production/Producer1936 Porky the Rain-Maker
Production/Producer1936 Little Beau Porky
Production/Producer1936 The Blow Out
Production/Producer1936 Alpine Antics
Production/Producer1936 The CooCoo Nut Grove
Production/Producer1936 Porky's Moving Day
Production/Producer1936 I Love to Singa
Production/Producer1935 Hollywood Capers
Production/Producer1935 Into Your Dance
Production/Producer1935 Flowers for Madame
Production/Producer1935 The Lady in Red
Production/Producer1935 My Green Fedora
Production/Producer1935 Country Boy
Production/Producer1935 Country Mouse
Production/Producer1935 Little Dutch Plate
Production/Producer1935 The Fire Alarm
Production/Producer1935 I Haven't Got a Hat
Production/Producer1935 Gold Diggers of '49
Production/Producer1935 A Cartoonist's Nightmare
Production/Producer1934 Pop Goes Your Heart
Production/Producer1934 Beauty and the Beast
Production/Producer1934 Honeymoon Hotel
Production/Producer1934 Buddy's Circus
Production/Producer1934 Pettin' in the Park
Production/Producer1934 The Girl at the Ironing Board
Production/Producer1933 Buddy's Beer Garden
Production/Producer1933 I Like Mountain Music
Production/Producer1933 The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Production/Producer1933 Bosko in Person
Production/Producer1933 The Organ Grinder
Production/Producer1933 Shuffle Off to Buffalo
Production/Producer1933 Sittin' on a Backyard Fence
Production/Producer1933 Young and Healthy
Production/Producer1933 Buddy's Day Out
Production/Producer1933 Bosko in Dutch
Production/Producer1933 The Man from Monterey
Production/Producer1933 I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
Production/Producer1933 One Step Ahead of My Shadow
Production/Producer1933 The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
Production/Producer1932 Bosko at the Beach
Production/Producer1932 Bosko's Dog Race
Production/Producer1932 Big-Hearted Bosko
Production/Producer1932 Bosko's Dizzy Date
Production/Producer1932 Bosko and Bruno
Production/Producer1932 I Love a Parade
Production/Producer1932 Bosko's Store
Production/Producer1932 Three's a Crowd
Production/Producer1932 The Big Stampede
Production/Producer1932 Bosko's Party
Production/Producer1932 The Queen Was in the Parlor
Production/Producer1932 Bosko at the Zoo
Production/Producer1932 Pagan Moon
Production/Producer1932 It's Got Me Again!
Production/Producer1932 Battling Bosko
Production/Producer1932 Haunted Gold
Production/Producer1932 Goopy Geer
Production/Producer1932 Bosko the Drawback
Production/Producer1932 Moonlight for Two
Production/Producer1932 Bosko's Woodland Daze
Production/Producer1932 A Great Big Bunch of You
Production/Producer1932 Freddy the Freshman
Production/Producer1932 Bosko the Lumberjack
Production/Producer1932 Ride Him, Bosko
Production/Producer1932 I Wish I Had Wings
Production/Producer1932 Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
Production/Producer1932 Ride Him, Cowboy
Production/Producer1931 Ain't Nature Grand!
Production/Producer1931 Bosko Shipwrecked!
Production/Producer1931 Red-Headed Baby
Production/Producer1931 Yodeling Yokels
Production/Producer1931 One More Time
Production/Producer1931 Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
Production/Producer1931 Ups 'n Downs
Production/Producer1931 You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
Production/Producer1931 Bosko the Doughboy
Production/Producer1931 Bosko's Holiday
Production/Producer1931 Dumb Patrol
Production/Producer1931 The Tree's Knees
Production/Producer1931 Bosko's Fox Hunt
Production/Producer1931 Bosko's Soda Fountain
Production/Producer1931 Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
Production/Producer1931 Big Man from the North
Production/Associate Producer1930 Box Car Blues
Production/Associate Producer1930 Sinkin' in the Bathtub
Production/Producer1930 Crying for the Carolines
Production/Producer1930 Hold Anything
Production/Associate Producer1930 Congo Jazz
Production/Producer1929 Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

Full Name: Leon Schlesinger
Born: Tuesday, 05/20 1884 (May) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 12/25 1949 (December) in Los Angeles (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Leon Schlesinger frequently works together with these people:
Treg Brown (188x, Crew)
Carl W. Stalling (184x, Crew)
Mel Blanc (169x, Actor)
Rudolf Ising (100x, Crew)
Hugh Harman (84x, Crew)
Friz Freleng (82x, Crew)
Robert Clampett (69x, Crew)
Bernard B. Brown (64x, Crew)
Frank Marsales (56x, Crew)
Chuck Jones (50x, Crew)
Robert McKimson (41x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:314632, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/01/2024