Michael Maltese
Writing
Male
Born: February 6, 1908
New York, New York, USA
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]
Also Known As
- Mike Maltese
- Michael Malteze
Known For
You Ought to Be in Pictures
May 18, 1940
The Ducktators
August 01, 1942
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
February 20, 1943
Wackiki Wabbit
July 03, 1943
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
March 22, 1947
Little Beau Pepé
March 28, 1952
The Aristo-Cat
June 18, 1943
Rumors
December 01, 1943
We, the Animals - Squeak!
August 08, 1941
A Hound for Trouble
April 27, 1951