Leonard Maltin
Department: Acting
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
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
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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
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
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
2016
James Dean and Me
1995
American Scary
2006
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
Vittorio D.
2009
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
2004
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
2001
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
1989
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
2003
The Making of High Noon
1992
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
2019
Notfilm
2015
Carl Laemmle
2019
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
2011
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Keepers of the Frame
1999
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
2000
The Pixar Story
2007
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
2005
Remembering Harold
2005
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
The One and Only June Foray
2013
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
Women He's Undressed
2015
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
2005
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
The Secrets of 007
1997
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
2003
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
2005
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
1992
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
The Méliès Mystery
2021
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
2009
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
2005
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
2024
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
2008
Searchers 2.0
2007
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
1992
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
2009
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
The Omen Legacy
2001
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
2008
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
1997
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
Now, Irving Rapper
2026
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
1993
Studio Tour
2002
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989
The View
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Davy Crockett
1954
Good Day Live
2001
Maltin on Movies
2010
Freakazoid!
1995
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
Entertainment Tonight
1981
BoJack Horseman
2014
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
The Annie Awards
2005
Arli$$
1996