Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry title card (1946–54) for the MGM Hanna-Barbera shorts.
Created by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Written by	William Hanna (1940–58) Joseph Barbera (1940–58) Gene Deitch (1961–62) Eli Bauer (1961–62) Larz Bourne (1961–62) Michael Maltese (1963–67) Jim Pabian (1965) Bob Ogle (1966–67) John W. Dunn (1965–67)
Directed by	William Hanna (1940–58) Joseph Barbera (1940–58) Gene Deitch (1961–62) Chuck Jones (1963–67) Maurice Noble (1964–67) Abe Levitow (1965–67) Tom Ray (1966–67) Ben Washam (1966–67)
Voices of	Harry E. Lang Clarence Nash William Hanna Red Coffee Lillian Randolph Billy Bletcher Daws Butler Mel Blanc Allen Swift June Foray
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	164 shorts (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Rudolf Ising (1940) Fred Quimby (1940–55) William Hanna (1955–58) Joseph Barbera (1955–58) William L. Snyder (1961–62) Chuck Jones (1963–67) Walter Bien (1963–65) Les Goldman (1963–67) Earl Jonas (1965–67)
Running time	6–10 minutes (per short)
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1940–1996) Turner Entertainment Co. (1986–current) Warner Bros. Entertainment (1996–current)
Release
Original release	February 10, 1940 (1940-02-10)

Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of short films created in 1940, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It centers on a rivalry between its two title characters, Tom and Jerry, and many recurring characters, based around slapstick comedy.

In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies with the most awards in the category. After the MGM cartoon studio closed in 1958, MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 Tom and Jerry shorts for Rembrandt Films from 1961 to 1962. Tom and Jerry then became the highest-grossing animated short film series of that time, overtaking Looney Tunes. Chuck Jones then produced another 34 shorts with Sib-Tower 12 Productions between 1963 and 1967. Three more shorts were produced, The Mansion Cat in 2001, The Karate Guard in 2005, and "A Fundraising Adventure" in 2014, making a total of 164 shorts. Various shorts have been released for home media since the 1990s.