Michael Maltese
Writing
Born 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
Movies (10)TV Shows (0)
7.1
Rumors
1943 · Movie
7.5
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940 · Movie
7.0
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943 · Movie
6.7
Little Beau Pepé
1952 · Movie
7.3
A Hound for Trouble
1951 · Movie
6.7
Wackiki Wabbit
1943 · Movie
6.9
The Aristo-Cat
1943 · Movie
6.3
The Ducktators
1942 · Movie
6.2
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947 · Movie
5.9
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941 · Movie