Leonard Maltin

Biography

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: Acting

Birthday: 1950-12-18

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As: Leonard Michael Maltin

Leonard Maltin

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Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In (2023)

Curtains for Roy Earle (2003)

Forgotten Silver (1997)

Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada (1994)

W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)

Heckler (2007)

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)

Cinema Finds Its Voice (2021)

Pablo (2012)

Only in Theaters (2022)

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' (1997)

These Amazing Shadows (2011)

Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)

Cinema's First Colors (2021)

The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)

The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors (1970)

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (2020)

Cartoon Camera (2017)

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)

8 Winds (2021)

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003)

Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter (2003)

Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003)

Bloodsucking Cinema (2007)

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)

Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)

The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)

Cinerama Adventure (2002)

It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’ (2004)

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland (2011)

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' (2001)

A Conversation with Roy Disney (2004)

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023)

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007)

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013)

The Making of the Stooges (1984)

That Guy Dick Miller (2014)

A Conversation with Fess Parker (2001)

John Ford Goes to War (2002)

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View (2022)

The Lost Stooges (1990)

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015)

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage (1985)

Dick Tracy Special (2009)

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997)

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis (2005)

Songs of the Silly Symphonies (2001)

The Crockett Craze (2001)

From Kansas City to Hollywood (2005)

The Man Behind the Duck (2004)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009)

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007)

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt (2024)

Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (2007)

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin (2004)

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey (2002)

The Voice Behind the Mouse (2004)

Mickey's Cartoon Comeback (2004)

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star (1993)

Junket Whore (1998)

Fanarchy (2015)

A Conversation with Joe Grant (2004)

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (2024)

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010)

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022)

King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012)

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos (2016)

James Dean and Me (1995)

American Scary (2006)