Bill Melendez, Peanuts animator passes away
Skip to commentsBill Melendez, the only person Charles Schulz authorized to animate his Peanuts comic strip has passed away at the age of 91. His career started in 1938 at Walt Disney Studios but went on to work for Warner Bros and United Productions of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions where he was a director and producer for 1,000 commercials. In 1964 he founded his own company with Lee Mendelson and they produced, directed and animated 70 Peanuts specials, four movies and hundreds of commercials.
Bill also worked on animation projects with other comic characters such as Cathy and Garfield.
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