Person
Michael Maltese
Writing
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- Feb 6, 1908
- Died
- Feb 22, 1981
- From
- 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]
Images
Credits
You Ought to Be in Pictures
The Ducktators
Wackiki Wabbit
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Little Beau Pepé
The Aristo-Cat
Rumors
A Feather in His Hare
We, the Animals - Squeak!
A Hound for Trouble
Double or Mutton
Pent-House Mouse
Baseball Bugs
Tom-ic Energy
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Long-Haired Hare
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl