Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese (73)

1908-02-06 - 1981-02-22 | New York, New York, USA

Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American story man for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons with director Chuck Jones. This collaboration produced many highly acclaimed animated shorts, including 4 of the top 5 "greatest cartoons" as judged by 1000 animation professionals; "What's Opera, Doc?" tops this list as the best animated short of all time. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

On Movies

  • Little Beau Pepé
  • A Hound for Trouble
  • A Hare Grows in Manhattan
  • Rumors
  • Wackiki Wabbit
  • The Aristo-Cat
  • Tortoise Wins by a Hare
  • The Ducktators
  • We, the Animals - Squeak!
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures

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