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Max Fleischer

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director / Animator | * 07/19/1883 († 89, 09/11/1972) | Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]
Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was a Polish-American animator, inventor, film director and producer, and studio founder and owner. Born in Kraków, Poland, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios, which he co-founded with his younger brother Dave. He brought such comic characters as Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Popeye, and Superman to the movie screen, and was responsible for several technological innovations, including the rotoscope, the "follow the bouncing ball" technique pioneered in the Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes films, and the "stereoptical process". Film director Richard Fleischer was his son. ()
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Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an 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)

Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Comedies | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Max Fleischer

Winsor McCay Award Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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Movies with Max Fleischer as Actor(49)

as Self (archive footage)1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Uncle Max (voice)1936 More Pep
as Presenter1932 Just a Gigolo
as himself1927 Koko Needles the Boss
as himself1927 Koko Back Tracks
as Cartoonist1927 Ko-Ko Makes 'Em Laugh
as himself1927 Ko-Ko the Kop
as Cartoonist1926 Koko Gets Egg-Cited
as himself1926 Koko's Toot Toot
as himself1926 Koko's Paradise
as himself1926 Fadeaway
as himself1925 Ko-Ko on the Run
as himself1925 Koko Trains 'Em
as Cartoonist (uncredited)1925 Koko Packs 'Em
as himself1925 Ko-Ko the Barber
as himself1925 Big Chief Koko
as Cartoonist (uncredited)1925 Koko in Toyland
as himself1925 Koko Nuts
as himself1925 Koko the Hot Shot
as himself1924 The Cure
as Various1924 Cartoon Factory
as Cartoonist (uncredited)1924 Vacation
as Himself - Animator1924 Trip to Mars
as himself1923 Trapped
as himself1923 Bed Time
as himself1923 False Alarm
as himself1923 Balloons
as himself1923 The Puzzle
as himself1922 Bubbles
as himself1922 Flies
as himself1922 Birthday
as himself1922 Jumping Beans
as Cartoonist (uncredited)1922 The Reunion
as himself1922 The Dresden Doll
as Cartoonist1921 Modeling
as himself1921 Invisible Ink
as himself1921 Fishing
as Cartoonist (uncredited)1920 The Boxing Kangaroo
as himself1920 The Ouija Board
as Cartoonist1920 Perpetual Motion
as Cartoonist1919 Out of the Inkwell
as himself1919 The Clown's Pup

Movies with Max Fleischer as Crew(232)

Production/Producer1949 Popeye's Premiere
Directing/Director1948 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Production/Producer1948 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Directing/Director1945 News Sketches
Production/Producer1942 Billion Dollar Limited
Production/Producer1942 The Bulleteers
Production/Producer1942 Electric Earthquake
Production/Producer1942 Many Tanks
Production/Producer1942 Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix
Production/Producer1942 The Arctic Giant
Production/Producer1942 Volcano
Production/Producer1942 Terror on the Midway
Production/Producer1942 Baby Wants a Bottleship
Production/Producer1942 The Magnetic Telescope
Production/Producer1942 Kickin' the Conga Round
Production/Producer1942 Blunder Below
Production/Producer1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Production/Producer1941 Nix on Hypnotricks
Production/Producer1941 Olive's $weep$take Ticket
Production/Producer1941 Olive's Boithday Presink
Production/Producer1941 Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle
Production/Producer1941 Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
Production/Producer1941 It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
Production/Producer1941 The Mechanical Monsters
Production/Producer1941 Superman
Production/Producer1941 The Mighty Navy
Production/Producer1941 Pest Pilot
Production/Producer1941 Problem Pappy
Production/Producer1941 I'll Never Crow Again
Production/Producer1941 Two for the Zoo
Production/Producer1941 Quiet! Pleeze
Production/Producer1941 Swing Cleaning
Production/Producer1941 Gabby Goes Fishing
Production/Producer1941 Zero the Hound
Production/Producer1940 The Ugly Dino
Production/Producer1940 Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive
Production/Producer1940 Females Is Fickle
Production/Producer1940 Doing Impossikible Stunts
Production/Producer1940 Shakespearian Spinach
Production/Producer1940 Onion Pacific
Production/Producer1940 My Pop, My Pop
Production/Producer1940 Sneak, Snoop and Snitch
Production/Producer1940 Poopdeck Pappy
Production/Producer1940 Popeye Meets William Tell
Production/Producer1940 Snubbed by a Snob
Production/Producer1940 Stealin Ain't Honest
Production/Producer1939 The Fresh Vegetable Mystery
Production/Producer1939 My Friend the Monkey
Production/Producer1939 Never Sock a Baby
Production/Producer1939 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Production/Producer1939 Wotta Nitemare
Production/Producer1939 It's the Natural Thing to Do
Production/Producer1939 Hello How Am I
Production/Producer1939 Gulliver's Travels
Production/Producer1938 The House Builder-Upper
Production/Producer1938 Plumbing Is a 'Pipe'
Production/Producer1938 All's Fair at the Fair
Production/Producer1938 I Yam Love Sick
Production/Producer1938 Let's Celebrake
Production/Producer1938 Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
Production/Producer1938 Hold It!
Production/Producer1938 The Jeep
Production/Producer1938 Learn Polikeness
Production/Producer1938 A Date to Skate
Writing/Writer1937 A Ride for Cinderella
Production/Producer1937 Bunny Mooning
Production/Producer1937 Organ Grinder's Swing
Production/Producer1937 The Football Toucher Downer
Production/Producer1937 Fowl Play
Production/Producer1937 I Likes Babies and Infinks
Production/Producer1937 Morning, Noon and Night Club
Production/Producer1937 The Twisker Pitcher
Production/Producer1937 I Never Changes My Altitude
Production/Producer1937 The Hot Air Salesman
Production/Producer1937 The Paneless Window Washer
Production/Producer1937 Hospitaliky
Production/Producer1937 Lost and Foundry
Production/Producer1936 We Did It
Production/Producer1936 I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
Production/Producer1936 Little Swee'pea
Production/Producer1936 More Pep
Production/Producer1936 I Wanna Be a Life Guard
Production/Producer1936 The Cobweb Hotel
Production/Producer1936 Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
Production/Producer1936 I'm in the Army Now
Production/Producer1936 Hold the Wire
Production/Producer1936 Somewhere in Dreamland
Production/Producer1936 Bridge Ahoy!
Production/Producer1936 Let's Get Movin'
Production/Producer1936 Never Kick a Woman
Production/Producer1936 Play Safe
Production/Producer1936 What -- No Spinach?
Production/Producer1936 Grampy's Indoor Outing
Production/Producer1936 The Spinach Roadster
Production/Producer1936 Christmas Comes But Once a Year
Production/Producer1936 Making Friends
Production/Producer1936 Little Nobody
Production/Producer1935 Baby Be Good
Production/Producer1935 Betty Boop and Grampy
Production/Producer1935 Dizzy Divers
Production/Producer1935 Choose Your 'Weppins'
Production/Producer1935 The Spinach Overture
Production/Producer1935 Taking the Blame
Production/Producer1935 A Language All My Own
Production/Producer1935 Judge for a Day
Production/Producer1935 You Gotta Be a Football Hero
Production/Producer1935 King of the Mardi Gras
Production/Producer1935 Dancing on the Moon
Production/Producer1935 Musical Memories
Production/Producer1935 A Little Soap and Water
Production/Producer1935 Be Kind to 'Aminals'
Production/Producer1935 The Hyp-Nut-Tist
Production/Producer1935 Pleased to Meet Cha!
Production/Producer1935 Beware of Barnacle Bill
Production/Producer1934 We Aim to Please
Production/Producer1934 Shiver Me Timbers!
Production/Producer1934 The Two-Alarm Fire
Production/Producer1934 Betty Boop's Little Pal
Production/Producer1934 Ha! Ha! Ha!
Production/Producer1934 Shoein' Hosses
Production/Producer1934 Strong to the Finich
Production/Producer1934 Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Production/Producer1934 A Dream Walking
Production/Producer1934 Let's You and Him Fight
Production/Producer1934 The Dance Contest
Production/Producer1934 Axe Me Another
Production/Producer1934 She Wronged Him Right
Production/Producer1934 Betty in Blunderland
Production/Producer1934 The Man on the Flying Trapeze
Production/Producer1934 Red Hot Mamma
Production/Producer1933 Seasin's Greetinks!
Production/Producer1933 Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
Production/Producer1933 Ain't She Sweet
Production/Producer1933 Sing, Sisters, Sing!
Production/Producer1933 Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party
Production/Producer1933 I Heard
Production/Producer1933 Boilesk
Production/Producer1933 Wild Elephinks
Production/Producer1933 Betty Boop's May Party
Production/Producer1933 Betty Boop's Birthday Party
Production/Producer1933 Betty Boop's Ker-Choo
Production/Producer1932 Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
Production/Producer1932 The Betty Boop Limited
Production/Producer1932 S.O.S.
Production/Producer1932 Just a Gigolo
Production/Producer1932 Minnie the Moocher
Production/Producer1932 Betty Boop's Museum
Production/Producer1932 Boop-Oop-A-Doop
Production/Producer1932 Chess-Nuts
Production/Producer1932 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Production/Producer1931 Minding the Baby
Production/Producer1931 Bimbo's Express
Directing/Director1931 Hurry Doctor!
Production/Producer1931 The Herring Murder Case
Production/Producer1931 Kitty from Kansas City
Production/Producer1931 Bimbo's Initiation
Production/Producer1931 Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep
Production/Producer1930 I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark
Production/Producer1930 Swing You Sinners!
Production/Producer1930 A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Production/Producer1929 Ko-Ko's Hypnotism
Production/Producer1929 Ko-Ko's Conquest
Production/Producer1929 Noah's Lark
Directing/Director1929 Finding His Voice
Production/Producer1929 Ko-Ko's Harem Scarem
Production/Producer1928 Ko-Ko's Haunted House
Production/Producer1928 KoKo's Earth Control
Production/Producer1927 Koko Chops Suey
Production/Producer1927 Inklings, Issue Unknown
Writing/Scenario Writer1927 Now You're Talking
Production/Producer1927 Ko-Ko Makes 'Em Laugh
Production/Producer1927 Ko-Ko the Kop
Production/Producer1926 'Morning, Judge
Production/Producer1926 Sweet Adeline
Production/Producer1926 Koko Gets Egg-Cited
Production/Producer1926 Koko's Toot Toot
Directing/Director1926 It's the Cats
Production/Producer1926 It's the Cats
Production/Producer1926 Koko's Paradise
Production/Producer1925 Ko-Ko on the Run
Production/Producer1925 Koko Packs 'Em
Production/Producer1925 Big Chief Koko
Production/Producer1925 Inklings, Issue ??
Production/Producer1925 Koko in Toyland
Production/Producer1925 Koko the Hot Shot
Production/Producer1924 Masquerade
Directing/Director1924 Cartoon Factory
Production/Producer1924 Cartoon Factory
Production/Producer1924 Vacation
Directing/Director1924 Clay Town
Production/Producer1924 League of Nations
Production/Producer1924 The Runaway
Production/Producer1924 Sparring Partner
Production/Producer1924 Come Take a Trip in My Airship
Directing/Director1923 Evolution
Production/Producer1923 The Einstein Theory of Relativity
Visual Effects/Animation1923 The Einstein Theory of Relativity
Production/Producer1923 The Contest
Production/Producer1922 The Show
Production/Producer1922 The Challenge
Production/Producer1922 The Reunion
Writing/Writer1922 The Reunion
Production/Producer1921 The Automobile Ride
Production/Producer1921 Invisible Ink
Visual Effects/Animation1921 Invisible Ink
Directing/Director1920 If We Lived on the Moon
Production/Producer1920 The Chinaman
Visual Effects/Animation1920 The Chinaman
Writing/Writer1920 The Chinaman
Production/Producer1920 The Boxing Kangaroo
Writing/Writer1920 The Boxing Kangaroo
Directing/Director1920 All Aboard for the Moon
Writing/Writer1920 The Circus
Directing/Director1920 The Ouija Board
Visual Effects/Animation1920 The Ouija Board
Directing/Director1920 Perpetual Motion
Writing/Writer1920 Perpetual Motion
Production/Producer1919 Out of the Inkwell
Production/Producer1919 The Clown's Pup
Visual Effects/Animation1919 The Clown's Pup
Writing/Writer1919 The Clown's Pup
Directing/Director1919 The Tantalizing Fly
Production/Producer1919 The Tantalizing Fly
Visual Effects/Animation1919 The Tantalizing Fly
Writing/Writer1919 The Tantalizing Fly

Full Name: Max Fleischer
Born: Thursday, 07/19 1883 (July) in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]
Died: Monday, 09/11 1972 (September) in Woodland Hills (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Employer: Bray Productions
Siblings: Dave Fleischer
Other names for Max Fleischer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Max Fleicher"
"Max Fleischer (Cartoonist)"
Max Fleischer frequently works together with these people:
Dave Fleischer (236x, Crew)
Jack Mercer (86x, Actor)
Mae Questel (81x, Actress)
Sammy Timberg (67x, Crew)
Willard Bowsky (55x, Crew)
Seymour Kneitel (44x, Crew)
Gus Wickie (35x, Actor)
Dave Tendlar (25x, Crew)
Margie Hines (24x, Actress)
Lou Fleischer (22x, Crew)
Roland Crandall (19x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:257194, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024