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Steven C. Melendez | |
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Born | Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez October 19, 1945 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, animator, film editor |
Years active | 1966–present |
Spouse | Brita Melendez |
Parent(s) | Bill Melendez Helen Melendez |
Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez (born October 19, 1945) is an American film and television director, producer and animator. [1] He is the second son of Peanuts animator Bill Melendez. [2]
He was born in Los Angeles where he gained his early experience in film as an editor with Bill Melendez Productions working on an early Peanuts special, Babar the Elephant , a suite of commercials and the feature film A Boy Named Charlie Brown .
Melendez moved to London in 1970 to establish the studio's European office where he produced numerous television and cinema commercials, the feature film Dick Deadeye , and the animated adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , for which he won an Emmy.