Max Fleischer

Active - 1919 - 1995  |   Birth - Jul 19, 1883  |   Death - Sep 11, 1972  |   Genres - Animation, Comedy, Family, Music, Romance | Subgenres - Family Film, Animated Short, Musical, Silent Film, Animated Cartoon

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Max Fleischer was an American animator, inventor, film director and producer, and studio founder and owner. Born in Kraków, Fleischer emigrated to the US 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 animated characters as Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Popeye, and Superman to the movie screen, and was responsible for a number of technological innovations, including the Rotoscope, the "Bouncing Ball" song films, and the "Stereoptical Process". Film director Richard Fleischer was his son.

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