Bill Melendez Productions

Bill Melendez Productions was a studio founded by animator and director Bill Melendez, known for creating animated works for television and film. The studio is best known for producing the beloved *Peanuts* animated specials, including *A Charlie Brown Christmas* and *It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown*. It specialized in bringing Charles Schulz’s comic strip characters to life through animation, combining humor and heartfelt storytelling. The studio focused on quality animation and voice work, leaving a lasting impact on American animation and holiday television specials, and operated primarily from the 1960s through the early 2000s.