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Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer was an American animator and studio owner. Born in Kraków, in Austrian 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 sc…
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science · American animator and inventor (1883–1972) · screenwriter · film producer · film director · animator · inventor · manufacturer · director · cartoonist · also Max Fleischer, Majer Fleischer, Fleischer
Born 19 July 1883 · Died 11 September 1972 · Q93788
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2024· 1 entry
2023· 4 entries
Collider: 'Max Fleischer's Superman' Remastered Cartoons Set Digital & Blu-Ray Release
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Comicbook.com: Max Fleischer’s Classic Superman Cartoons Getting an HD Remaster
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Yahoo: The classic '40s Max Fleischer Superman cartoons are getting a new digital remaster
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Yahoo: Max Fleischer’s Superman Cartoons Get Blu-ray Release Date
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2021· 1 entry
Superhero Hype: Superman Figure Box Set Evokes the Classic Max Fleischer Cartoons
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2016· 1 entry
IndieWire: Watch: 8-Minute Video Essay Explores How Animator Max Fleischer Defined Superman
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2010· 1 entry
Gizmodo: Max Fleischer’s Superman (1941-1942)
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2009· 1 entry
collider: MAX FLEISCHER’S SUPERMAN 1941-1942 DVD Review
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1974· 1 entry
Released album “Betty Boop’s Scandals of 1974”.
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1972· 2 entries
Died 1972-09-11.
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Awarded Winsor McCay Award (1972).
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1958· 1 entry
Fleischer revived Out of the Inkwell Films, Inc
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1955· 1 entry
Over the removal of his name from the credits of his films
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1954· 1 entry
Max's son, Richard Fleischer, was directing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Walt Disney Productions
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1953· 1 entry
And returned as production manager for the Bray Studios in New York, where he developed an educational television pilot about unusual birds and animals titled, Imagine That
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1944· 1 entry
Published Noah's Shoes, a metaphoric account of the building and loss of his studio, casting himself as Noah
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1940· 1 entry
Max was relegated to business affairs and continued technical development
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1934· 1 entry
Paramount approved color production for Fleischer, but he was left with the limited two-color processes of Cinecolor (red and cyan) and Two-Color Technicolor (red and cyan) for the first year of his Color Classics
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1932· 1 entry
And became a big success for Fleischer
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1924· 1 entry
Fleischer partnered with Edwin Miles Fadiman, Hugo Riesenfeld and Lee de Forest to form Red Seal Pictures Corporation, which owned 36 theaters on the East Coast, extending as far west as Cleveland, Ohio
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1923· 1 entry
Made two 20-minute features explaining Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity and Charles Darwin's Evolution using animated special effects and live action
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1921· 1 entry
Max and Dave established Out of the Inkwell Films, Incorporated, and continued production of Out of the Inkwell through various states-rights distributors
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1917· 1 entry
Max and his brothers Joe and Dave Fleischer made their first series of tests between 1914 and 1916
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1909· 1 entry
Moved to Syracuse, New York, working as a catalog illustrator for the Crouse-Hinds Company, and a year later returned to New York as art editor for Popular Science magazine under editor Waldemar Kaempffert
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1905· 1 entry
Fleischer married his childhood sweetheart, Ethel (Essie) Goldstein
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-07-19.
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