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name: "Bill Melendez"
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born: "15 November 1916"
died: "2 September 2008"
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updated: "2026-09-17T05:52:53.558758+00:00"
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# Bill Melendez

Editor. Born 15 November 1916 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Died 2 September 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 15 November 1916, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
- **Died:** 2 September 2008
- **Also known as:** J.C. Melendez, J.C. Meléndez, José Cuauhtémoc Melendez, William Melendez, José Cuauhtémoc Meléndez
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862316, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94011

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md) (85)

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## Biography

Bill Melendez (born José Cuauhtémoc Melendez) was a Mexican-American animator, director, producer and voice actor. He began his career at Walt Disney Productions in 1938, working as an assistant animator on *Pinocchio* (1940), *Fantasia* (1940), *Dumbo* (1941) and *Bambi* (1942), and is credited as supervising editor on *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937). He subsequently worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons and UPA before founding Bill Melendez Productions.

Melendez is best known for directing and producing dozens of *Peanuts* television specials and four feature films, beginning with *A Charlie Brown Christmas* (1965). He provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock across more than fifty productions. His work earned six Primetime Emmy Awards, an Academy Award nomination and two Peabody Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1938), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md)

## Also known for

- *Cool World* (1992), Animation
- *A Charlie Brown Christmas* (1965), Director
- *It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown* (1966), Director
- *A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving* (1973), Director
- *A Boy Named Charlie Brown* (1969), Director
- *Snoopy, Come Home* (1972), Director
- *The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show* (1983), Director, Series Director
- *It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown* (1992), Director

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