Michael Maltese
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 6, 1908
- Place of birth
- New York, New York, USA
- Died
- February 22, 1981
Biography
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]
Movies with Michael Maltese
- You Ought to Be in Pictures 1940 · ★ 7.5
- The Ducktators 1942 · ★ 6.2
- Wackiki Wabbit 1943 · ★ 6.8
- Tortoise Wins by a Hare 1943 · ★ 7.1
- A Hare Grows in Manhattan 1947 · ★ 6.4
- Little Beau Pepé 1952 · ★ 6.7
- The Aristo-Cat 1943 · ★ 6.9
- Rumors 1943 · ★ 7.1
- A Feather in His Hare 1948 · ★ 5.9
- Chuck Amuck: The Movie 1991 · ★ 6.4
- We, the Animals - Squeak! 1941 · ★ 5.9
- A Hound for Trouble 1951 · ★ 7.3