Member Authors Guild, Society for Cinephiles (president 1990-1991, Man of Year 1973), Los Angeles Film Critics Association (president 1995-1996).
Background
Maltin, Leonard was born on December 18, 1950 in New York City. Son of Aaron Isaac and Jacqueline (Gould) Maltin.
Career
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Member faculty New School for Social Research, New York City, 1973-1981. Curator American Academy Humor, 1975-1976. Guest curator department film Museum Modern Art, 1976.
Film critic and correspondent Entertainment Tonight, Hollywood, California, since 1982. Columnist Modern Maturity, 1996-1999. Film critic Playboy Magazine, 1998—2004.
Adjunct professor School Cinema & television, University Southern California, since 1998.
Works
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Revised and Updated
- Walt Disney, Paul Terry, Walter Lantz, Winsor McCay, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, and Ralph Bakshi are among the artists whose work is examined in a history of the animated cartoon Title: Of Mice and Magic Author: Maltin, Leonard Publisher: Penguin Group USA Publication Date: 1990/05/01 Number of Pages: Binding Type: PAPERBACK Library of Congress: 87020234
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, Revised and Updated Edition
- In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg's An American Tail, he traces the evolution of the art of animation and vividly portrays the key creative talents and their sutdios.
- The Disney Films
- As Entertainment Tonight's resident expert and editor of the most authoritative Movie and Video Guide, Leonard Maltin is the favorite critic of anyone who loves movies.
- The Disney Films
- As Entertainment Tonight's resident expert and editor of the most authoritative Movie and Video Guide, Leonard Maltin is the favorite critic of anyone who loves movies.