Melendez, Bill

Melendez, Bill
▪ 2009
José Cuauhtémoc Melendez 
      Mexican-born American animator

born Nov. 15, 1916, Hermosillo, Mex.

died Sept. 2. 2008, Santa Monica, Calif.
animated and/or produced dozens of television programs and four feature films about the characters in the cartoon strip Peanuts, starting in 1965 with the seasonal classic A Charlie Brown Christmas; he was the only animator Peanuts artist Charles Schulz trusted with his creation and carried on after Schulz's death in 2000. Melendez's professional career began in 1938 at Walt Disney Studios, where he drew Mickey Mouse specials and contributed to Fantasia (1940) and Pinocchio (1940). In 1941 he joined Leon Schlesinger Productions (later acquired by Warner Brothers) and worked on various cartoons, among them those featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. He started his own studio, Bill Melendez Productions, with his producer partner Lee Mendelson, in 1964. Melendez's work on Peanuts specials won three Emmy Awards. He also received three Emmys for other cartoon shows, and his work was nominated on 22 other occasions. In addition, he provided the expressive sounds that constituted the voice of the character Snoopy.

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