Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

Writing
Born 1908-02-06 New York, New York, USA 3 credit(s) Popularity 0.5
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...
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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.

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Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines poster
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
as Story
1969-09-13
The Flintstones poster
The Flintstones
as Writer
1960-09-30
The Quick Draw McGraw Show poster
The Quick Draw McGraw Show
as Writer
1959-09-19

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