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Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

Writing 1908-02-06 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]

Known For

Rumors
MOV ⭐ 7.1
Rumors 1943
The Aristo-Cat
MOV ⭐ 6.9
The Aristo-Cat 1943
You Ought to Be in Pictures
MOV ⭐ 7.5
You Ought to Be in Pictures 1940
We, the Animals - Squeak!
MOV ⭐ 5.9
We, the Animals - Squeak! 1941
Little Beau Pepé
MOV ⭐ 6.7
Little Beau Pepé 1952
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
MOV ⭐ 6.3
A Hare Grows in Manhattan 1947
Wackiki Wabbit
MOV ⭐ 6.8
Wackiki Wabbit 1943
The Ducktators
MOV ⭐ 6.3
The Ducktators 1942
A Hound for Trouble
MOV ⭐ 7.3
A Hound for Trouble 1951
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
MOV ⭐ 7.1
Tortoise Wins by a Hare 1943