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.
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Known For
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(1990)
Leonard Maltin
The Pixar Story
(2007)
Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
(2018)
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
Self
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
(2023)
Self
Forgotten Silver
(2000)
Himself
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
(2000)
Self
Full Filmography
Acting
The Making of the Stooges
(1984)
Self
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
(1985)
Self
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
(1986)
Self
Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
(1989)
Himself
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(1990)
Leonard Maltin
The Lost Stooges
(1990)
Himself
The Making of High Noon
(1992)
Self - Presenter
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
(1992)
himself
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
(1992)
Self
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
(1993)
Himself
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
(1993)
Self
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
(1994)
Self
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
(1994)
James Dean and Me
(1995)
Self (uncredited)
Frank Capra's American Dream
(1997)
Self (voice)
The Secrets of 007
(1997)
Self
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
(1997)
Self
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
(1997)
Self - Film Historian
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
(1998)
Self
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
(1999)
Himself
Keepers of the Frame
(1999)
Himself
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
(1999)
Self - Film Critic and Historian
Forgotten Silver
(2000)
Himself
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
(2000)
Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
(2000)
Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
(2000)
Himself
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
(2000)
Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
(2000)
Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
(2000)
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
(2000)
Self
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
(2001)
Drive-In Movie Memories
(2001)
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
(2001)
Self / Interviewer
A Conversation with Fess Parker
(2001)
Host
The Crockett Craze
(2001)
Celebrating Dumbo
(2001)
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
(2001)
Self
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
(2001)
Narrator
Cinerama Adventure
(2002)
Self
John Ford Goes to War
(2002)
Self - Interviewee
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
(2002)
Leonard Maltin
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
(2003)
Himself, film historian
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
(2003)
Himself
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
(2003)
Self
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
(2003)
Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
(2003)
Self
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
(2003)
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
(2003)
Self
Curtains for Roy Earle
(2003)
Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
(2003)
Self
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
(2004)
Himself
The Man Behind the Duck
(2004)
Self
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
(2004)
Leonard Maltin
The Voice Behind the Mouse
(2004)
Himself
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
(2004)
Himself
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
(2004)
Leonard Maltin
A Conversation with Roy Disney
(2004)
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
(2005)
From Kansas City to Hollywood
(2005)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
(2005)
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
(2005)
Himself
Remembering Harold
(2005)
Himself
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
(2005)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
(2005)
Self / historian and film critic
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
(2005)
Self
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
(2005)
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
(2006)
Self
American Scary
(2006)
Himself
My Dad, Walt Disney
(2006)
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
(2006)
Self
Heckler
(2007)
Self
Bloodsucking Cinema
(2007)
Self
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
(2007)
Self
The Pixar Story
(2007)
Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
(2007)
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
(2007)
Self
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
(2007)
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
(2007)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
(2008)
Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
(2008)
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
(2008)
Dick Tracy Special
(2009)
Himself
Vittorio D.
(2009)
Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
(2009)
Self
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
(2009)
Himself
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
(2009)
Himself
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(2009)
Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
(2009)
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
(2009)
Self
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
(2009)
Self
These Amazing Shadows
(2011)
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
Self
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
(2011)
Himself
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
(2011)
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
(2012)
Himself
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
(2012)
Himself
Pablo
(2012)
Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
(2013)
Self
The One and Only June Foray
(2013)
Himself
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
(2013)
Self
That Guy Dick Miller
(2014)
Himself
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
(2014)
Self
Fanarchy
(2015)
Self
Notfilm
(2015)
Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
(2015)
Self
Women He's Undressed
(2015)
Self
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
(2015)
Self
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
(2016)
Self
This Is Bob Hope...
(2017)
Self
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
(2017)
Self
Cartoon Camera
(2017)
Self (Host)
The Great Buster: A Celebration
(2018)
Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
(2018)
Himself
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
(2019)
Himself
Carl Laemmle
(2019)
Himself
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
(2019)
Himself
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
(2019)
Himself
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
(2019)
Himself
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
(2019)
Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
(2020)
Self
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
(2020)
Self
The Méliès Mystery
(2021)
Narrateur
8 Winds
(2021)
Self
Cinema Finds Its Voice
(2021)
Narrator
Cinema's First Colors
(2021)
Narrator
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
(2022)
Self - Interviewee
Only in Theaters
(2022)
Self
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
(2022)
Self
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
(2023)
Self
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
(2023)
Self
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
(2024)
Self
Production
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
Associate Producer
The Making of High Noon
(1992)
Producer
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
(1992)
Producer
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
(1993)
Executive Producer
The Voice Behind the Mouse
(2004)
Producer
The Man Behind the Duck
(2004)
Producer
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
(2007)
Producer
Writing
Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece
(1991)
Writer
The Making of High Noon
(1992)
Writer
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
(1992)
Writer
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
(1993)
Writer
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
(2002)
Writer and Book
The Man Behind the Duck
(2004)
Writer
The Voice Behind the Mouse
(2004)
Writer
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
(2004)
Writer
Crew