Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

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
CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

Movies

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

6.1
Wackiki Wabbit

Wackiki Wabbit

6.8
You Ought to Be in Pictures

You Ought to Be in Pictures

7.491
Rumors

Rumors

7
We, the Animals - Squeak!

We, the Animals - Squeak!

5.6
A Hound for Trouble

A Hound for Trouble

7
The Ducktators

The Ducktators

6.09
The Aristo-Cat

The Aristo-Cat

6.6
Little Beau Pepé

Little Beau Pepé

6.5
Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

6.9