Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez (born October 19, 1945) is an American film and television director, producer and animator.October 2006 issue of '' CY'' magazine UK He is the second son of ''

Peanuts ''Peanuts'' is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ''Peanuts'' is among the most popular and infl ...

'' animator

Bill Melendez José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was an American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer. Melendez is known for working on the ''Peanuts'' animated specials. Before ''Peanuts'', he p ...

. He was born in Los Angeles where he gained his early experience in film as an editor with

Bill Melendez Productions Melendez Films (formerly Bill Melendez Productions and Melendez Features, Inc.) is a film animation studio. It was founded in 1962 by Steven C. Melendez, the son of ''Peanuts'' animator Bill Melendez. The studio produced the ambitious animated ...

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.

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