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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

ActingBorn 1950-12-18 (75)New York City, New York, USA

Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is best known for his eponymous annual book of movie capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, which was published annually from 1969 to 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Maltin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

A Conversation with Roy Disney

A Conversation with Roy Disney

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

James Dean and Me

James Dean and Me

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

Filmography

143 credits

Now, Irving Rapper

Now, Irving Rapper

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

The Life and Times of Farmer Al

The Life and Times of Farmer Al

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

100 Years of Warner Bros.

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Only in Theaters

Only in Theaters

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

Cinema's First Colors

Cinema's First Colors

Cinema Finds Its Voice

Cinema Finds Its Voice

8 Winds

8 Winds

The Méliès Mystery

The Méliès Mystery

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Carl Laemmle

Carl Laemmle

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Eli Roth's History of Horror

The Great Buster: A Celebration

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

This Is Bob Hope...

This Is Bob Hope...

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Cartoon Camera

Cartoon Camera

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos

Notfilm

Notfilm

Fanarchy

Fanarchy

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Women He's Undressed

Women He's Undressed

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

That Guy Dick Miller

That Guy Dick Miller

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

The One and Only June Foray

The One and Only June Foray

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

Pablo

Pablo

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Woody Allen: A Documentary

These Amazing Shadows

These Amazing Shadows

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

Vittorio D.

Vittorio D.

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Dick Tracy Special

Dick Tracy Special

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Heckler

Heckler

Searchers 2.0

Searchers 2.0

The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

My Dad, Walt Disney

My Dad, Walt Disney

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

American Scary

American Scary

The Sci-Fi Boys

The Sci-Fi Boys

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis

From Kansas City to Hollywood

From Kansas City to Hollywood

Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin

Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin

Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White

Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White

William Powell: A True Gentleman

William Powell: A True Gentleman

The Man Behind the Duck

The Man Behind the Duck

It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

A Conversation with Roy Disney

A Conversation with Roy Disney

A Conversation with Joe Grant

A Conversation with Joe Grant

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT

A Conversation with John Hench

A Conversation with John Hench

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

Curtains for Roy Earle

Curtains for Roy Earle

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

Cinerama Adventure

Cinerama Adventure

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

John Ford Goes to War

John Ford Goes to War

The Crockett Craze

The Crockett Craze

A Conversation with Fess Parker

A Conversation with Fess Parker

The Omen Legacy

The Omen Legacy

Celebrating Dumbo

Celebrating Dumbo

Drive-In Movie Memories

Drive-In Movie Memories

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

Songs of the Silly Symphonies

Songs of the Silly Symphonies

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Junket Whore

Junket Whore

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

The Secrets of 007

The Secrets of 007

Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece

Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece

Forgotten Silver

Forgotten Silver

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

The View

The View

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

Freakazoid!

Freakazoid!

James Dean and Me

James Dean and Me

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada

Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

The Making of High Noon

The Making of High Noon

Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece

Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

The Lost Stooges

The Lost Stooges

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett