Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin is one of the world’s most respected film critics and historians. He is best known for his widely-used reference work Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide and its companion Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide, as well as his 30-year run on television’s Entertainment Tonight. He teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and hosts the weekly podcast “Maltin on Movies” with his daughter Jessie. His books include the newly published Family Movie Night Menus (written with Jessie Maltin), Every Movie is a Miracle (written with Nat Segaloff), Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood, Hooked on Hollywood, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, The Disney Films, and The Art of the Cinematographer. He served two terms as President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and was appointed by the Librarian of Congress to sit on the Board of Directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation. He has appeared on innumerable television programs and documentaries and is the recipient of many honors including the Robert Osborne Award from TCM. Perhaps the pinnacle of his career was his appearance in a now-classic episode of South Park. He holds court at leonardmaltin.com. Follow him on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.