Michael Maltese
Birth date
February 6, 1908
Death date
February 22, 1981
Place of birth
New York, New York, USA
Profession
Writing
Age
73 years
Biography
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]
Also known as
Mike MalteseMichael Malteze
