Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

Writing6th February 1908(died at 73)New York, New York, USA207 titles

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]

Born

6th February 1908 · New York, New York, USA

Died

22nd February 1981

Known for

Writing

Also known as

Mike Maltese, Michael Malteze

Links

IMDb

Known for

Filmography

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