Michael Maltese

About

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

The FlintstonesSeries • 1960Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying MachinesSeries • 1969The Quick Draw McGraw ShowSeries • 1959The Yogi Bear ShowSeries • 1961The InspectorSeries • 1965Augie Doggie and Doggie DaddySeries • 1959The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner MovieMovie • 1979Baseball BugsMovie • 1946Fresh HareMovie • 1942Duck AmuckMovie • 1953Scaredy CatMovie • 1948Adventures of the Road-RunnerMovie • 1962Buccaneer BunnyMovie • 1948Kiss Me CatMovie • 1953Past PerfumanceMovie • 1955Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-zMovie • 1956Fast and Furry-ousMovie • 1949The Hare-Brained HypnotistMovie • 1942Kit for CatMovie • 1948What's Opera, Doc?Movie • 1957A Witch's Tangled HareMovie • 1959Daffy - The CommandoMovie • 1943For Scent-imental ReasonsMovie • 1949Frigid HareMovie • 1949