Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical animated cartoon films created by Willia m Hanna and

Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, centering on a rivalry betwe en a cat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry) whose chases involved comic violence. Hanna a nd Barbera ultimately wrote, produced and directed 114 Tom and Jerry shorts at M GM cartoon studios in Hollywood from 1940 to 1957. The original series is notabl e for having won seven Academy Awards, tying with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies as the theatrical animated series with the most Oscars. A longtime television s taple, Tom and Jerry has a worldwide audience and has been recognized as one of the most famous and longest-lived rivalries in American cinema. In 2000, Time ma gazine named Tom and Jerry one of the greatest television shows of all time.