Philip Monroe (October 31, 1916 – July 13, 1988)[1] was an American animator and director best known for working for Warner Bros. Cartoons under the supervision of Chuck Jones.
The studio at this point was loosely-enough organized to allow opportunities of rapid advancement for ambitious young inbetweeners, like Monroe.
According to a later interview with Monroe, "some guys" were content to be "inbetweeners all their lives", while others searched for opportunities to do something else and move up in the studio's hierarchy.
[2] Monroe is best known as an animator for Chuck Jones, but would also work with Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett and Frank Tashlin in the 1940s.
After Warner Bros. Cartoons closed in 1963, Monroe did many animation stints until he ended up at Chuck Jones Productions.