Bill Melendez Movies

Several new different Peanuts sketches are featured in this TV special, adapted from the comic strip, including Peppermint Patty's stint at dog...

A documentary about the Fleischer brothers and how they revolutionized animation.

In 1930s, hard-working girl Betty Boop sings at nights at her uncle Mischa's popular NY nightclub and dreams of marrying a posh rich playboy, Waldo....

This short from the UPA studio was nominated for the 1952 Oscars. Based on the Madeline series of children's books.

A 25th anniversary tribute to the "Peanuts" comic strip.

The patriarch of a family of farming hill billies is fattening a turkey to slaughter for Thanksgiving Day dinner, and he is fattening the fowl by...

Third-grader Molly Conway finds out that her parents are getting divorced. She tries everything she can to get them back together, but most of her...

Now, years later, fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Christmas favorite. Hosted by comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, this program...

Animated propaganda advocating for the importance of unregulated capitalism to the American way of life.

A documentary on the Looney Tunes. Including interviews from people who worked on it, and their family.

Daffy Duck drives to Mexico for a vacation, and after a harrowing experience with the local cuisine that literally sets his mouth afire, Daffy goes...

A sweet and wholly psychedelic children's animation by Bill Melendez, of "Peanuts" fame. Soundtrack by legendary Ghanaian Afro Rock band Osibisa.

Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them over the brink into extinction.

Another baseball season is ruined for Charlie Brown and his gang - but this time by pollution!

Charlie Brown leaves his appointment with his dentist armed with an instructional pamphlet on proper tooth brushing technique. He endeavors to...

A documentary short detailing the making of the classic cartoon "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," and the particular pressure the creative...

The Dragon Slayer is an animated cartoon in Technicolor., and is the first film of Peanuts director Bill Melendez. It was commissione by Du Pont to...

Documentary on the making of the Peanuts Thanksgiving special.

Tracing the story of primitive man's discovery of energy.