Chuck Jones then produced another 34 shorts with Sib-Tower 12 Productions between 19. Tom and Jerry then became the highest-grossing animated short film series of that time, overtaking Looney Tunes. 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. 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. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. It centers on a rivalry between its two title characters, Tom and Jerry, and many recurring characters, based around slapstick comedy. Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of short films created in 1940, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
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