Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin is one of the most recognized and respected film critics of our time. He spent 30 years on the hit television show Entertainment Tonight and is often seen on Turner Classic Movies. He is best known for his annual paperback reference, Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide. In 2005, he introduced a companion volume, Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide (now in its third edition), which focuses on movies made before 1965. His latest book is a memoir titled Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood. He teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and hosts a weekly podcast, Maltin on Movies, with his daughter Jessie. In 2022 he received the Robert Osborne Award at the TCM Classic Film Festival.
Leonard’s other books include Hooked on Hollywood, The Best 151 Movies You’ve Never Seen, The Disney Films, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, The Great American Broadcast: A Celebration of Radio’s Golden Age, The Great Movie Comedians, Movie Comedy Teams, The Art of the Cinematographer, Selected Short Subjects and (as co-author) The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang.
Leonard has been teaching at the USC School of Cinematic Arts for twenty-five years. His popular class screens new films prior to their release, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
As an expert and host, he is frequently seen on news programs and documentaries. A prolific freelance writer, his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The London Times, Smithsonian, TV Guide, Esquire, The Village Voice and American Film. He was the film critic for Playboy magazine for six years. He was a member of the faculty of New York City’s New School for Social Research for nine years, and he served as Guest Curator at the Museum of Modern Art film department in New York on two separate occasions.
Leonard created, hosted and co-produced the popular Walt Disney Treasures DVD series and appeared on Warner Home Video’s Night at the Movies features. He has written and appeared in a number of television and home video specials.
In 2006 he was named by the Librarian of Congress to join the Board of Directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation. He also has received awards and citations from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, American Society of Cinematographers, San Diego Comic-Con International, and the Telluride Film Festival. In 2022 he received the Robert Osborne Award from Turner Classic Movies. Perhaps the greatest indication of his fame was his appearance in a now-classic episode of the animated series South Park.
He holds court at leonardmaltin.com. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook; you can also listen to him on his weekly podcast Maltin on Movies, which he hosts with his daughter Jessie.