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Leonard Maltin

1950 - Today

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Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic, film historian, and author. He is known for his book of film capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, published from 1969 to 2014. Maltin was the film critic on Entertainment Tonight from 1982 to 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Maltin has received more than 988,627 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Leonard Maltin is the 6,671st most popular writer (down from 6,105th in 2019), the 13,302nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,912th in 2019) and the 974th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide
Motion pictures, reviews, Motion pictures, periodicals
2005
The Disney Films
Motion pictures, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Company
Leonard Maltin traces Disney's rise from commercial artist to producer of his first Mickey Mouse cartoon, "Plane Crazy," through more than thirty years of phenomenal worldwide acclaim. Everything Disney undertook blossomed under his careful guidance—early silent cartoons, live-action short subjects, over eighty feature films, hundreds of television shows, even a wealth of public service and wartime films. The author carefully examines and explains why they succeeded, how Disney himself felt about his work, and why the public was so eager to pay him homage.
1973
Harlan Ellison's watching
Motion pictures, Reviews, Graphic novels
1989
Movie comedy teams
History and criticism, Comedy films, Comedians
1970
The great movie comedians
Biography, Comedy films, Catalogs
1978
Of mice and magic
Animated films, History and criticism, Caricatures and cartoons
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leonard Maltin ranks 6,671 out of 7,302. Before him are Kevin Poulsen, Mark Van Doren, Padma Sachdev, Walter Mosley, Muhsin al-Ramli, and Tim Kring. After him are James Kelman, Wladimir Kaminer, Gertrude Atherton, Ed Bradley, Ann Scott, and Pat Cadigan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Leonard Maltin ranks 689. Before him are Mary Pat Gleason, Scooter Libby, Bärbel Struppert, Lobilo Boba, Gábor Csapó, and Daniel Benzali. After him are Tom Robinson, Rumyancho Goranov, Deniece Williams, Debbie Stabenow, Vishnuvardhan, and John Sayles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Maltin ranks 13,302 out of 20,380. Before him are Dorothy Dalton (1893), Diane Farr (1969), Tim Kring (1957), Perry Farrell (1959), Sandra Magnus (1964), and Tino Insana (1948). After him are Joan Taylor (1929), Peggy McCay (1927), Joseph Story (1779), Kelli Giddish (1980), Hardcore Holly (1963), and Barbara Nichols (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Leonard Maltin ranks 974. Before him are Greil Marcus (1945), Joel Surnow (1955), Kevin Poulsen (1965), Mark Van Doren (1894), Walter Mosley (1952), and Tim Kring (1957). After him are Gertrude Atherton (1857), Ed Bradley (1941), Pat Cadigan (1953), Bayard Taylor (1825), Julia Phillips (1944), and Al Jean (1961).

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