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
Movies
- Max Steiner: Maestro of...
2019
- Gremlins 2: The New Bat...
1990
- Dick Tracy Special: Tra...
2023
- Curtains for Roy Earle
2003
- Forgotten Silver
1997
- Leonard Maltin's Animat...
1994
- W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
- Heckler
2007
- Mike Hammer's Mickey Sp...
1998
- Cinema Finds Its Voice
2021
- Pablo
2012
- Only in Theaters
2022
- Once Upon a Dream: The ...
1997
- These Amazing Shadows
2011
- Woody Allen: A Document...
2011
- Le cinéma inventé: les ...
2021
- The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
- Le cinéma inventé: les ...
- Bugs Bunny's 80th What'...
2020
- Cartoon Camera
2017
- Mary Pickford: A Life o...
2000
- No Subtitles Necessary:...
2009
- 8 Winds
2021
- Welcome to Sherwood! Th...
2003
- Bob Hope: The Road to L...
2003
- Divided Highway: The St...
2003
- Bloodsucking Cinema
2007
- Discovering Treasure: T...
2003
- Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
- The Magical World of Ch...
1992
- Cinerama Adventure
2002
- It Hopped One Night: A ...
2004
- Harry Dean Stanton: Cro...
2011
- Tony Curtis on 'Some Li...
2001
- A Conversation with Roy...
2004
- Temple of Film: 100 Yea...
2023
- Forging the Frame: The ...
2007
- Forging the Frame: The ...
2008
- The Dawn of Sound: How ...
2007
- The Making of the Wonde...
2013
- The Making of the Stoog...
1984
- That Guy Dick Miller
2014
- A Conversation with Fes...
2001
- John Ford Goes to War
2002
- To Kill a Mockingbird: ...
2022
- The Lost Stooges
1990
- The Three Stooges: Hey ...
2015
- Reflecting Thought: Sta...
1985
- Dick Tracy Special
2009
- The Story Behind Walt D...
1997
- Alice's Cartoon World: ...
2005
- Songs of the Silly Symp...
2001
- The Crockett Craze
2001
- From Kansas City to Hol...
2005
- The Man Behind the Duck
2004
- Spine Tingler! The Will...
2007
- Boris Karloff: The Res...
2022
- The Making of 'Pinocchi...
2009
- Soundies: A Musical His...
2007
- Drew Friedman: Vermeer ...
2024
- Diamond in the Rough: T...
2004
- The Hand Behind the Mou...
1999
- Frank and Ollie... and ...
2002
- The Voice Behind the Mo...
2004
- Mickey's Cartoon Comeba...
2004
- Young Duke: Making Of A...
1993
- Junket Whore
1998
- Fanarchy
2015
- A Conversation with Joe...
2004
- Drew: The Man Behind th...
2013
- Blake Edwards: A Love S...
2024
- Dalí & Disney: A Date w...
2010
- Splice Here: A Projecte...
2022
- The Marx Brothers: Holl...
2016
- James Dean and Me
1995
- American Scary
2006
- Without Lying Down: Fra...
2000
- Celebrating Dumbo
2001
- Vittorio D.
2009
- This Is Bob Hope...
2017
- Playboy Mansion Parties...
2001
- William Powell: A True ...
2005
- Stewart & Mitchum: The ...
2017
- Marty Sklar, Walt, and ...
2004
- Public Enemies: The Gol...
2008
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Si...
2008
- The Great Buster: A Cel...
2018
- Topaz: An Appreciation ...
2001
- Bugs & Daffy: The Warti...
1989
- A Love Story: The Story...
2003
- The Making of High Noon
1992
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin ...
2019
- Notfilm
2015
- Carl Laemmle
2019
- 1939: Hollywood's Great...
2009
- Victor Fleming: Master ...
2009
- Lost Forever: The Art o...
2011
- Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adv...
2015
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Se...
2003
- Frank Capra's American ...
1997
- Keepers of the Frame
1999
- The Fantasia Legacy: Th...
2000
- The Fantasia Legacy: Fa...
2000
- The Pixar Story
2007
- Going Attractions: The ...
2019
- Image Makers: The Adven...
2019
- Clara Bow: Hollywood's ...
2012
- Scandal: The Trial of M...
2018
- Making Apes: The Artist...
2019
- They Can't Take That Aw...
2005
- Remembering Harold
2005
- Chuck Jones: Extremes a...
2000
- The Making of 'Rio Gran...
1993
- The One and Only June F...
2013
- Adventure Thru the Walt...
2020
- The Boys: The Sherman B...
2009
- Women He's Undressed
2015
- Behind the Tunes: Tish ...
2005
- My Dad, Walt Disney
2006
- Irreverent Imagination:...
2003
- Reunited at MGM: Astair...
2005
- Clara Bow: Discovering ...
1999
- Howard Hughes: His Wome...
2000
- The Secrets of 007
1997
- Hold Your Breath and Cr...
2003
- Biography: Bette Davis ...
1994
- Behind the Tunes: Loone...
2005
- Cartoon Madness: The Fa...
1992
- Hollywood at Your Feet:...
2000
- Johnny Mercer: The Drea...
2009
- Le Mystère Méliès
2021
- Treasures Untold: The M...
2006
- The True Adventures of ...
2014
- Coming Attractions: The...
2009
- Behind the Tunes: Bosko...
2005
- The Life and Times of F...
2024
- 1982: Greatest Geek Yea...
2022
- Out of the Inkwell: The...
2008
- Searchers 2.0
2007
- The Making of 'The Quie...
1992
- John G. Avildsen: King ...
2017
- Stella Stevens: The Las...
2025
- The Anatomy of Vince Gu...
2009
- Twentieth Century Fox: ...
2003
- The Omen Legacy
2001
- Long Lonesome Highway: ...
2025
- Ben Hecht: Shakespeare ...
2008
- Walt Disney's 'The Jung...
1997
- Buy the Ticket, Take th...
2006
TV Shows
- Entertainment Tonight
1981
- Mystery Science Theater...
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 Bro...
2023
- Moguls & Movie Stars: A...
2010
- Entertainment Tonight
1981
- BoJack Horseman
2014
- The Dick Cavett Show
1968
- Eli Roth's History of H...
2018
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Fun...
2009