Editing Chuck Jones (section)

=== MGM Animation/Visual Arts ===
With business partner Les Goldman, Jones started an independent animation studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions, and brought on most of his unit from Warner Bros., including Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese. In 1963, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contracted with Sib Tower 12 to have Jones and his staff produce new ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoons as well as a television adaptation of all ''Tom and Jerry'' theatricals produced to that date. This included major editing, including writing out the African-American maid, [[Mammy Two-Shoes]], and replacing her with one of Irish descent voiced by [[June Foray]]. In 1964, Sib Tower 12 was absorbed by MGM and was renamed [[MGM Animation/Visual Arts]]. His animated short film, ''[[The Dot and the Line|The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics]]'', won the 1965 [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]]. Jones directed the classic animated short ''[[The Bear That Wasn't]]''.<ref name="imdb"/>

In 1966, he produced and directed the TV special ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]!'', featuring narration by [[Boris Karloff]].<ref name="j502">{{cite web | last=Jones | first=Brian Jay | title=How Dr. Seuss Stole Christmas | website=The Saturday Evening Post | date=December 12, 2019 | url=https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/12/how-doctor-seuss-stole-christmas/ | access-date=May 22, 2024}}</ref>

Jones continued to work on other TV specials such as ''[[Horton Hears a Who! (TV special)|Horton Hears a Who!]]'' (1970), but his main focus during this time was producing the feature film ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]'', which did lukewarm business when [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] released it in 1970. Jones co-directed 1969's ''[[The Pogo Special Birthday Special]]'', based on the [[Walt Kelly]] comic strip, and voiced the characters of Porky Pine and Bun Rab. It was at this point that he decided to start ST Incorporated.<ref name="imdb"/>