Hon President Max Howard

Max Howard is a veteran executive and producer in the animation film industry. He spent twelve years at the Walt Disney Company as one of the highest level architects of that Company’s animation renaissance. He was involved at a senior level in the making of a number of Disney’s animation successes, including The Little Mermaid, The Prince and the Pauper, Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Pocahontas

In the mid-90’s he became President of Feature Animation at Warner Bros., overseeing the award-winning animated feature The Iron Giant and the international hit Space Jam and Quest for Camelot. Recently he was Executive producer at DreamWorks on Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron, until he left to set up his own independent production company, Melwood Pictures.

He is currently producing three films for Exodus Film Group. Igor, with the voice talents of Steve Buschemi, John Cleese, Jay Leno, and Christian Slater, The Heroes of Color City and Amarillo Armadillo.

Under Melwood’s banner, their picture, Pavlov’s Dog is to be produced in conjunction with Exodus Film Group. Max is also consulting with Redsting Productions, the home of the legendary Sherman Bros., the songwriters who created the music and lyrics for Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, on their new animated musical Inkas and the Ramferinkas.

More recently known as the Silver Fox of Chadwick...

He also uses a very old picture of himself on his company website!

www.melwoodpictures.com see our links page!

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The font used for the heading is called "toontime" in honour of our president..

oh... and for four seasons he was stuck on 1996 runs... He left it till the final match of the 07 season to finally pass the 2000 mark and earn a red cap!!

Well done Max!! Pictured wielding the rusty...er Trusty Sabre!!