Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
biography
Leonard Maltin is one of the very few film historians to attain visibility as well as readability to a wide public. He began his career at the age of 15 as founder, publisher and editor of FILM FAN MONTHLY, which he would eventually oversee for nine years. His bearded, bespectacled mien, boyishly cracking voice and high-octane enthusiasm for the cinema won the gratitude of a wide public via a daily syndicated radio program, "Leonard Maltin on Video", and especially his roles as resident historian and later critic on the long-running syndicated TV ode to showbiz facts, fads and trivia,
Began film magazine FILM FAN MONTHLY at age 15; remained editor and publisher for nine years
1973
Held a faculty position at the New School for Social Research
1976
Served as guest director of the Museum of Modern Art's Bicentennial Salute to American Film Comedy
1982
Joined TV show, "Entertainment Tonight" in its first season as a film critic; later began producing (as well as writing and editing) features and interviews
