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Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

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Chuck Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 21
Died: 2002
Died: February 22
Actor
Animation Director
Animator
Comics Artist
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Spokane
Washington
Charles Martin Jones
Charles M. Jones
Directing
Drawing
Keys
Wells
Well
Mind
Drawings
Animation

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