Philip Monroe was an American animator and director best known for working for Warner Bros.
12 Facts About Phil Monroe
1.
2.
Phil Monroe himself managed to befriend animator Robert McKimson and served as his inbetweener for a while.
3.
Phil Monroe is best known as an animator for Chuck Jones, but would work with Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett and Frank Tashlin in the 1940s.
4.
Phil Monroe would be drafted into the United States Army Air Forces in 1943, but returned to the studio in 1946.
5.
Phil Monroe then went to John Sutherland Productions in 1950.
6.
In 1951, Phil Monroe left for UPA, working under the supervision of John Hubley and Pete Burness.
7.
Phil Monroe eventually left UPA for political reasons, and in 1959 went back to Warners to head their commercial department, where he directed commercials featuring Charlie the Tuna.
8.
Phil Monroe actually had already been working for commercials for companies such as Cascade Studios and Ray Patin Productions.
9.
Phil Monroe eventually went back into the entertainment department as an animator in Jones' unit, and was chosen to finish two shorts under Chuck Jones' unit after Jones was fired.
10.
Cartoons closed in 1963, Phil Monroe did many animation stints until he ended up at Chuck Jones Productions.
11.
Phil Monroe would continue animating for Jones until his death.
12.
Phil Monroe died from pancreatic cancer on July 13,1988, aged 71.