Max Fleischer
Known for
Producing
Born
July 19, 1883
Birthplace
Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]
Died
September 11, 1972 (aged 89)
Biography
Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was a Polish Jewish American animator, inventor, film director and producer.
Fleischer was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innovations including the Rotoscope.
(Wikipedia)
Best known work
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
1936
Gulliver's Travels
1939
Superman
1941
Bimbo's Initiation
1931
Minnie the Moocher
1932
The Mechanical Monsters
1941
Billion Dollar Limited
1942
Popeye the Sailor
1933
The Arctic Giant
1942
Volcano
1942Filmography
TBA
Untitled Betty Boop MovieCharacters
TBA
2024
2015
Max Fleischer: Lost CartoonsDirector
2014
2013
2013
2009
2008
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Storyas Himself (archive footage)
2004
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoonsas Self (archive footage)
1992
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoonsas Self (archive footage)
1988
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Townas Self (archive footage)
1973
Betty Boop Scandals of 1974Director
1963
The Sleeping BeautyDirector
1957
The Big Fun CarnivalProducer
1949
Popeye's PremiereProducer
1948
Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerDirector, Producer
1945
News SketchesDirector
1942
Terror on the MidwayProducer
1942
VolcanoProducer
1942
Baby Wants a BottleshipProducer
1942
Electric EarthquakeProducer
1942
Many TanksProducer
1942
Olive Oyl and Water Don't MixProducer