Michael Maltese
WritingFebruary 6, 1908 (73 years old at death)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]
Movies
7.5
Movie
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940
7.0
Movie
Rumors
1943
7.0
Movie
A Hound for Trouble
1951
6.9
Movie
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943
6.7
Movie
The Aristo-Cat
1943
6.7
Movie
Little Beau Pepé
1952
6.7
Movie
Wackiki Wabbit
1943
6.2
Movie
The Ducktators
1942
6.1
Movie
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947
5.8
Movie
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941