Bill Melendez Movies

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

An archaeologist at a museum scolds his small, silent dog, Shep, for supposedly removing a bone belonging to a dinosaur skeleton and orders Shep to...

A secluded bookstore comes to life in madcap, pop culture reference-heavy fashion.

Louie the Parrot finds a written will stating that his master bequeathes the family fortune not to him, but to his fellow household pet, a lunkheaded...

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

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

Lucy van Pelt instructs Charlie Brown and Snoopy in the finer points of proper flossing technique for healthy teeth and gums.

Dance teacher Miss Placement is dismayed to learn that the head of the School of Ballet where she teaches has entered her beginners class in a...

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

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

After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later, with...

A short sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.

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

Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.

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

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.

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