Leonard Maltin
Born: 1950-12-18
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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
These Amazing Shadows
2011★ 7.4
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003★ 5.0
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018★ 4.4
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017★ 6.0
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990★ 6.5
Heckler
2007★ 5.9
Cinerama Adventure
2002★ 7.6
From Kansas City to Hollywood
2005★ 6.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992★ 8.0
Forgotten Silver
1997★ 7.2
The Man Behind the Duck
2004★ 0.0
Cartoon Camera
2017★ 0.0
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
2004★ 7.0
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005★ 0.0
Junket Whore
1998★ 3.5
A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004★ 10.0
Celebrating Dumbo
2001★ 0.0
Fanarchy
2015★ 6.0
Carl Laemmle
2019★ 4.0
Pablo
2012★ 6.9
American Scary
2006★ 7.6
Notfilm
2015★ 5.0
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009★ 5.9
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003★ 4.9
The Pixar Story
2007★ 7.6
Only in Theaters
2022★ 5.7
The Omen Legacy
2001★ 7.0
8 Winds
2021★ 4.0
That Guy Dick Miller
2014★ 7.0
Women He's Undressed
2015★ 5.4
Cinema Finds Its Voice
2021★ 0.0
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
2019★ 6.8
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993★ 5.0
This Is Bob Hope...
2017★ 8.0
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011★ 6.8
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009★ 7.5
Now, Irving Rapper
2026★ 0.0
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1994★ 0.0
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018★ 7.2
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
2023★ 6.2
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
2007★ 5.0
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013★ 7.0
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999★ 7.7
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022★ 7.5
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017★ 6.7
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000★ 6.8
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009★ 7.3
John Ford Goes to War
2002★ 5.3
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009★ 7.2
The Making of High Noon
1992★ 6.0
A Conversation with Fess Parker
2001★ 0.0
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025★ 0.0
Vittorio D.
2009★ 6.3
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999★ 7.5
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006★ 7.0
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006★ 7.2
The Secrets of 007
1997★ 7.9
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014★ 7.3
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019★ 6.8
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998★ 6.0
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024★ 8.0
The Méliès Mystery
2021★ 6.8
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000★ 7.0
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009★ 7.5
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025★ 8.0
Cinema's First Colors
2021★ 0.0
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010★ 8.5
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008★ 6.9
James Dean and Me
1995★ 8.7
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997★ 6.3
The Lost Stooges
1990★ 0.0
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020★ 7.2
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008★ 6.1
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986★ 0.0
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000★ 0.0
Curtains for Roy Earle
2003★ 0.0
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
2000★ 0.0
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
2005★ 7.0
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
2024★ 0.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000★ 0.0
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003★ 6.5
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001★ 7.3
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
2004★ 10.0
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000★ 0.0
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015★ 0.0
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002★ 0.0
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
2001★ 6.2
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007★ 0.0
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020★ 8.0
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997★ 7.0
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
2019★ 7.6
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
1992★ 10.0
Dick Tracy Special
2009★ 4.0
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
2011★ 5.0
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003★ 6.0
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2001★ 6.0
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
2001★ 7.0
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005★ 7.5
A Conversation with Joe Grant
2004★ 0.0
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
2019★ 6.0
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022★ 8.0
The One and Only June Foray
2013★ 0.0
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
2004★ 6.0
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009★ 0.0
Searchers 2.0
2007★ 6.2
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022★ 0.0
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006★ 0.0
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000★ 8.0
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
1997★ 0.0
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
2016★ 7.2
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
2023★ 6.0
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008★ 0.0
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
2003★ 6.5
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
1997★ 0.0
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013★ 10.0
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007★ 7.8
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
2003★ 8.0
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
2003★ 8.0
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
2008★ 7.0
The Crockett Craze
2001★ 6.0
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
1989★ 9.0
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019★ 8.4
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
2024★ 0.0
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
2005★ 0.0
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994★ 0.0
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012★ 0.0
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
2005★ 7.0
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985★ 0.0