Leonard Maltin

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Maltin began his writing career at age fifteen, writing for Classic Images and editing and publishing his own fanzine, Film Fan Monthly, dedicated to films from the golden age of Hollywood. After earning a journalism degree at New York University, Maltin went on to publish articles in a variety of film journals, newspapers, and magazines, including Variety and TV Guide. In the 1970s Maltin also reviewed recordings in the jazz magazine, Downbeat.

Maltin wrote Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, a compendium of synopses and reviews that first appeared in September 1969 and was annually updated from October 1987 until September 2014, each edition having the following year's date. Its original title was TV Movies, and some editions were Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. In 2005, coverage of many films released no later than 1960 was moved into a spin-off volume, Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide, to allow the regular book to cover a larger number of more recent titles. He has also written several other works, including Behind the Camera, a study of cinematography, The Whole Film Sourcebook, Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia, Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals, and Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons.

Starting on May 29, 1982, Maltin was the movie reviewer on the syndicated television series Entertainment Tonight for 30 years. He praised the Tournee of Animation on the show at one point.

He also appeared on the Starz cable network, and hosted his own syndicated radio program, Leonard Maltin on Video, as well as the syndicated TV show Hot Ticket with Boston film critic Joyce Kulhawik (originally E! personality and game show host Todd Newton). Maltin also hosted a television show called Secret's Out on ReelzChannel movie network. He also spearheaded the creation of the Walt Disney Treasures collectible DVD line in 2001, and continued to provide creative input and host the various sets.

During the 1980s and 1990s Maltin served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. In the mid-1990s, Maltin became the president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and is on the advisory board of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. For nearly a decade, Maltin was also on the faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York City. As of 2018, Maltin teaches in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

In 1998, Maltin settled a libel suit brought by former child star Billy Gray, of Father Knows Best fame, whom Maltin identified in his review of the film Dusty and Sweets McGee as a real-life drug addict and dealer. The statement had appeared in print in Maltin's annual movie guide for nearly 25 years before Maltin publicly apologized for the error.

Maltin left Entertainment Tonight in 2010. His final appearance on the show as a regular correspondent was on July 19, 2010. He also wrote the introduction for The Complete Peanuts: 1983–1984. In 1990, he took a look at the MGM years of The Three Stooges in a film called The Lost Stooges, available on a made-to-order DVD through the Warner Archive Collection. From 2014 to 2019, Maltin hosted the quarterly Treasures From the Disney Vault on Turner Classic Movies. The last scheduled "Treasures from the Disney Vault" aired on September 2, 2019. Beginning in 2016, Maltin has served as the Honorary Head Juror of the Coronado Island Film Festival. In 2020, the festival named their top award The Leonard Maltin Tribute Award.

In 2019, Maltin along with his daughter Jessie Maltin created a film festival called MaltinFest at the Egyptian Theater that spanned three days. Special guests included Laura Dern and Alexander Payne. Since 2018, Maltin has served on the advisory board for Legion M.

In 2022, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as part of the Member at Large branch.

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• In 1997 Maltin received the Press Award from the ICG Publicists Awards.
• In 2002 Maltin was honored by the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood at the 29th Annie Awards with the June Foray Award which is given to an individual who has "a significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation".
• In 2005 Maltin was awarded the ASC Bud Stone Award of Distinction from the American Society of Cinematographers. That same year, Maltin was awarded with the Career Achievement Award from the Temecula Valley International Film Festival.
• In 2007, Maltin received the Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion in recognition of achievements in the film industry.
• In 2010, Maltin received the NFFC-Disneyana Fan Club Heritage Award.
• In 2010, Maltin was honored by the National Board of Review with the William K. Everson Film History Award.
• In 2013 Maltin received the Inkpot Award from Comic Con International.
• In 2018, Maltin was inducted into the Online Film & Television Association Film Hall of Fame for Film Criticism.
• On April 24, 2018, in a ceremony at Los Angeles City Hall, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield on behalf of the L.A. City Council, declared it "Leonard Maltin Day" in the City of Los Angeles.
• In August 2018 the 21st California Independent Film Festival honored Maltin with the Golden Slate award for "his years of contribution to film and film history".
• After being delayed 2 years because of the pandemic, in a 2022 ceremony in Hollywood, CA, the TCM Film Festival honored Maltin with the 3rd annual Robert Osborne Award for helping “keep the cultural heritage of classic film alive for future generations.” The award was presented by Warren Beatty.