Max Fleischer

Biography

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 Famous Work

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Gulliver's Travels

(1939) Producer

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Superman

(1941) Producer

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Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

(1936) Producer

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Billion Dollar Limited

(1942) Producer

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Bimbo's Initiation

(1931) Producer

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7

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The Mechanical Monsters

(1941) Producer

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Making Friends

(1936) Producer

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Little Nobody

(1936) Producer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1995	Self (archive footage)	Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons 1995-01-01 Movie
1992	himself (archival footage)	Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons 1992-10-27 Movie
1938	Self	Fleischer Studios Behind The Scenes 1938-12-01 Movie
1936	Uncle Max (voice)	More Pep 1936-06-19 Movie
1934	Himself	Betty Boop's Rise to Fame 1934-05-18 Movie
1932	Presenter	Just a Gigolo 1932-09-08 Movie
1928	N/A	Ko-Ko's Haunted House 1928-04-28 Movie
	N/A	Ko-Ko's Tattoo 1928-03-17 Movie
1927	Himself	KoKo's Klock 1927-11-12 Movie
	Himself	KoKo the Kop 1927-10-01 Movie
	Himself	Koko Needles the Boss 1927-05-09 Movie
	Cartoonist	Ko-Ko Makes 'Em Laugh 1927-02-10 Movie
	Himself	Koko Back Tracks 1927-01-01 Movie
1926	Cartoonist	Koko Gets Egg-Cited 1926-12-01 Movie
	Himself	Fadeaway 1926-09-01 Movie
	Himself	Koko's Toot Toot 1926-06-05 Movie
	Max	Koko at the Circus 1926-05-01 Movie
	Himself	Koko's Paradise 1926-02-27 Movie
1925	N/A	Ko-Ko in Thanksgiving 1925-11-21 Movie
	Cartoonist (uncredited)	Koko Packs 'Em 1925-10-17 Movie
	Himself	Koko Nuts 1925-10-15 Movie
	himself	Ko-Ko on the Run 1925-09-15 Movie
	Cartoonist (uncredited)	Koko Celebrates the Fourth 1925-07-15 Movie
	Himself	Koko Trains 'Em 1925-06-15 Movie
	Himself	Big Chief Koko 1925-05-15 Movie
	Himself	Ko-Ko the Barber 1925-02-25 Movie
	Cartoonist (uncredited)	Koko in Toyland 1925-01-20 Movie
	himself	Koko the Hot Shot 1925-01-01 Movie
1924	Cartoonist (uncredited)	The Storm 1924-12-20 Movie
	Himself	The Cure 1924-11-15 Movie
	Cartoonist (uncredited)	Vacation 1924-07-23 Movie
	Himself - Animator	Trip to Mars 1924-04-01 Movie
	Various	Cartoon Factory 1924-02-21 Movie
1923	N/A	Shadows 1923-11-01 Movie
	Cartoonist	The Fortune Teller 1923-10-01 Movie
	Himself	Balloons 1923-09-01 Movie
	Himself	False Alarm 1923-08-01 Movie
	Himself	Trapped 1923-06-01 Movie
	Himself	The Puzzle 1923-05-01 Movie
	Cartoonist (uncredited)	Surprise 1923-04-01 Movie
	Himself	Bed Time 1923-03-01 Movie
1922	Himself	Jumping Beans 1922-12-15 Movie
	Cartoonist (uncredited)	The Reunion 1922-10-27 Movie
	Himself	Flies 1922-05-01 Movie
	Himself	Bubbles 1922-04-20 Movie
	Self	Birthday 1922-03-11 Movie
	Himself	The Dresden Doll 1922-02-07 Movie
1921	Himself	Invisible Ink 1921-12-03 Movie
	Himself	Fishing 1921-11-21 Movie
	Cartoonist	Modeling 1921-10-01 Movie
1920	Cartoonist	Perpetual Motion 1920-10-02 Movie
	Himself	The Clown's Little Brother 1920-07-06 Movie
	Himself	The Ouija Board 1920-07-04 Movie
	N/A	The Chinaman 1920-05-19 Movie
	Cartoonist (uncredited)	The Boxing Kangaroo 1920-02-02 Movie
1919	Himself	The Clown's Pup 1919-08-30 Movie
	Cartoonist	Out of the Inkwell 1919-04-19 Movie
	N/A	The Tantalizing Fly 1919-03-10 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Producer	Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer 2024-04-27 Movie
1957	Producer	The Big Fun Carnival 1957-01-20 Movie
1949	Producer	Popeye's Premiere 1949-03-22 Movie
1948	Producer	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1948-11-11 Movie
1942	Producer	Terror on the Midway 1942-08-30 Movie
	Producer	Volcano 1942-07-10 Movie
	Producer	Baby Wants a Bottleship 1942-07-03 Movie
	Producer	Electric Earthquake 1942-05-15 Movie
	Producer	Many Tanks 1942-05-15 Movie
	Producer	Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix 1942-05-08 Movie
	Producer	The Magnetic Telescope 1942-04-24 Movie
	Producer	The Bulleteers 1942-03-27 Movie
	Producer	The Arctic Giant 1942-02-27 Movie
	Producer	Blunder Below 1942-02-13 Movie
	Producer	Kickin' the Conga Round 1942-01-17 Movie
	Producer	Billion Dollar Limited 1942-01-09 Movie
1941	Producer	Nix on Hypnotricks 1941-12-19 Movie
	Producer	Mr. Bug Goes to Town 1941-12-09 Movie
	Producer	The Mechanical Monsters 1941-11-28 Movie
	Producer	The Mighty Navy 1941-11-14 Movie
	Producer	Superman 1941-09-26 Movie
	Producer	I'll Never Crow Again 1941-09-19 Movie
	Producer	Two for the Zoo 1941-08-20 Movie
	Producer	It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day 1941-08-14 Movie
	Producer	Pest Pilot 1941-08-08 Movie
	Producer	Gabby Goes Fishing 1941-07-17 Movie
	Producer	Olive's Boithday Presink 1941-06-13 Movie
	Producer	Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle 1941-05-09 Movie
	Producer	Zero the Hound 1941-04-14 Movie
	Producer	Swing Cleaning 1941-04-10 Movie
	Producer	Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy 1941-04-10 Movie
	Producer	Flies Ain't Human 1941-04-04 Movie
	Producer	Olive's $weep$take Ticket 1941-03-07 Movie
	Producer	Quiet! Pleeze 1941-02-07 Movie
	Producer	Problem Pappy 1941-01-10 Movie
1940	Producer	Poopdeck Pappy 1940-11-15 Movie
	Producer	Sneak, Snoop and Snitch 1940-10-24 Movie
	Producer	My Pop, My Pop 1940-10-18 Movie
	Producer	Popeye Meets William Tell 1940-09-19 Movie
	Producer	Pedagogical Institution (College to You) 1940-09-13 Movie
	Producer	Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive 1940-08-16 Movie
	Producer	Doing Impossikible Stunts 1940-08-02 Movie
	Producer	Snubbed by a Snob 1940-07-18 Movie
	Producer	The Ugly Dino 1940-06-14 Movie
	Producer	Onion Pacific 1940-05-24 Movie
	Producer	Me Feelins is Hurt 1940-04-12 Movie
	Producer	Stealin Aint Honest 1940-03-22 Movie
	Producer	Females Is Fickle 1940-03-08 Movie
	Producer	Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points 1940-01-26 Movie
	Producer	Shakespearian Spinach 1940-01-19 Movie
1939	Producer	Gulliver's Travels 1939-11-10 Movie
	Producer	Never Sock a Baby 1939-11-03 Movie
	Producer	The Fresh Vegetable Mystery 1939-09-29 Movie
	Producer	It's the Natural Thing to Do 1939-07-30 Movie
	Producer	Hello How Am I 1939-07-14 Movie
	Producer	Ghosks is the Bunk 1939-06-14 Movie
	Producer	Wotta Nitemare 1939-05-19 Movie
	Producer	Leave Well Enough Alone 1939-04-28 Movie
	Producer	Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp 1939-04-07 Movie
	Producer	My Friend the Monkey 1939-01-27 Movie
1938	Producer	A Date to Skate 1938-11-18 Movie
	Producer	All's Fair at the Fair 1938-08-26 Movie
	Producer	The Jeep 1938-07-15 Movie
	Producer	Plumbing Is a 'Pipe' 1938-06-17 Movie
	Producer	I Yam Love Sick 1938-05-29 Movie
	Producer	Hold It! 1938-04-28 Movie
	Producer	Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh 1938-04-25 Movie
	Producer	The House Builder-Upper 1938-03-18 Movie
	Producer	Learn Polikeness 1938-02-18 Movie
	Producer	Let's Celebrake 1938-01-21 Movie
1937	Producer	Fowl Play 1937-12-17 Movie
	Producer	Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves 1937-11-26 Movie
	Producer	The Football Toucher Downer 1937-10-14 Movie
	Producer	I Likes Babies and Infinks 1937-09-18 Movie
	Producer	The Candid Candidate 1937-08-27 Movie
	Producer	Peeping Penguins 1937-08-25 Movie
	Producer	I Never Changes My Altitude 1937-08-19 Movie
	Producer	Lost and Foundry 1937-07-15 Movie
	Producer	A Car-Tune Portrait 1937-06-26 Movie
	Producer	Morning, Noon and Night Club 1937-06-18 Movie
	Producer	The Impractical Joker 1937-06-18 Movie
	Producer	The Twisker Pitcher 1937-05-20 Movie
	Producer	Hospitaliky 1937-04-15 Movie
	Producer	The Hot Air Salesman 1937-03-12 Movie
	Producer	Organ Grinder's Swing 1937-02-19 Movie
	Producer	Bunny Mooning 1937-02-12 Movie
	Producer	The Paneless Window Washer 1937-01-22 Movie
	Producer	House Cleaning Blues 1937-01-15 Movie
1936	Producer	I'm in the Army Now 1936-12-25 Movie
	Producer	Making Friends 1936-12-18 Movie
	Producer	Christmas Comes But Once a Year 1936-12-04 Movie
	Producer	Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor 1936-11-27 Movie
	Producer	The Spinach Roadster 1936-11-26 Movie
	Producer	Be Human 1936-11-20 Movie
	Producer	Hold the Wire 1936-10-23 Movie
	Producer	Grampy's Indoor Outing 1936-10-16 Movie
	Producer	Play Safe 1936-10-15 Movie
	Producer	Little Swee'pea 1936-09-25 Movie
	Producer	Training Pigeons 1936-09-18 Movie
	Producer	Never Kick a Woman 1936-08-28 Movie
	Producer	Let's Get Movin' 1936-07-24 Movie
	Producer	You're Not Built That Way 1936-07-17 Movie
	Producer	I Wanna Be a Life Guard 1936-06-26 Movie
	Producer	More Pep 1936-06-19 Movie
	Producer	The Cobweb Hotel 1936-05-15 Movie
	Producer	What -- No Spinach? 1936-05-07 Movie
	Producer	Bridge Ahoy! 1936-05-01 Movie
	Producer	We Did It 1936-04-24 Movie
	Producer	I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski 1936-04-03 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop and the Little King 1936-01-31 Movie
	Producer	Little Nobody 1936-01-27 Movie
	Producer	Somewhere in Dreamland 1936-01-17 Movie
	Producer	Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky 1936-01-03 Movie
1935	Producer	Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American 1935-12-21 Movie
	Producer	The Spinach Overture 1935-12-07 Movie
	Producer	Musical Memories 1935-11-08 Movie
	Producer	Making Stars 1935-10-17 Movie
	Producer	King of the Mardi Gras 1935-09-27 Movie
	Producer	Judge for a Day 1935-09-20 Movie
	Producer	Time for Love 1935-09-05 Movie
	Producer	You Gotta Be a Football Hero 1935-08-29 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop and Grampy 1935-08-16 Movie
	Producer	Dizzy Divers 1935-07-25 Movie
	Producer	A Language All My Own 1935-07-19 Movie
	Producer	Dancing on the Moon 1935-07-12 Movie
	Producer	A Little Soap and Water 1935-06-21 Movie
	Producer	Choose Your 'Weppins' 1935-05-31 Movie
	Producer	No! No! A Thousand Times No!! 1935-05-23 Movie
	Producer	The Hyp-Nut-Tist 1935-04-25 Movie
	Producer	Pleased to Meet Cha! 1935-03-21 Movie
	Producer	Be Kind to 'Aminals' 1935-02-22 Movie
	Producer	Taking the Blame 1935-02-15 Movie
	Producer	Beware of Barnacle Bill 1935-01-24 Movie
	Producer	Baby Be Good 1935-01-18 Movie
	Producer	An Elephant Never Forgets 1935-01-02 Movie
1934	Producer	We Aim to Please 1934-12-27 Movie
	Producer	The Dance Contest 1934-11-23 Movie
	Producer	The Two-Alarm Fire 1934-10-25 Movie
	Producer	A Dream Walking 1934-09-27 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's Little Pal 1934-09-21 Movie
	Producer	Axe Me Another 1934-08-29 Movie
	Producer	Shiver Me Timbers! 1934-07-27 Movie
	Producer	Strong to the Finich 1934-06-28 Movie
	Producer	Shoein' Hosses 1934-06-01 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's Rise to Fame 1934-05-18 Movie
	Producer	Betty in Blunderland 1934-04-06 Movie
	Producer	The Man on the Flying Trapeze 1934-03-15 Movie
	Producer	Ha! Ha! Ha! 1934-03-02 Movie
	Producer	Let's You and Him Fight 1934-02-15 Movie
	Producer	Red Hot Mamma 1934-02-02 Movie
	Producer	She Wronged Him Right 1934-01-05 Movie
1933	Producer	Wild Elephinks 1933-12-29 Movie
	Producer	Seasin's Greetinks! 1933-12-17 Movie
	Producer	I Eats My Spinach 1933-11-17 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party 1933-11-03 Movie
	Producer	I Heard 1933-09-01 Movie
	Producer	Popeye the Sailor 1933-07-14 Movie
	Producer	Sing, Sisters, Sing! 1933-06-30 Movie
	Producer	Boilesk 1933-06-09 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's May Party 1933-05-11 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's Birthday Party 1933-04-20 Movie
	Producer	Is My Palm Read 1933-02-16 Movie
	Producer	Ain't She Sweet 1933-02-02 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions 1933-01-27 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's Ker-Choo 1933-01-06 Movie
1932	Producer	Betty Boop's Museum 1932-12-16 Movie
	Producer	Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle 1932-09-22 Movie
	Producer	Just a Gigolo 1932-09-08 Movie
	Producer	The Betty Boop Limited 1932-07-01 Movie
	Producer	Chess-Nuts 1932-04-12 Movie
	Producer	Minnie the Moocher 1932-03-11 Movie
	Producer	S.O.S. 1932-03-11 Movie
	Producer	Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie 1932-03-04 Movie
	Producer	Boop-Oop-A-Doop 1932-01-16 Movie
1931	Producer	Kitty from Kansas City 1931-11-01 Movie
	Producer	In the Shade of the Old Applesauce 1931-10-16 Movie
	Producer	Minding the Baby 1931-09-26 Movie
	Producer	Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean 1931-08-29 Movie
	Producer	Bimbo's Express 1931-08-21 Movie
	Producer	Bimbo's Initiation 1931-07-24 Movie
	Producer	The Herring Murder Case 1931-06-26 Movie
	Producer	In My Merry Oldsmobile 1931-03-14 Movie
	Producer	Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep 1931-01-10 Movie
1930	Producer	Swing You Sinners! 1930-09-23 Movie
	Producer	A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight 1930-07-31 Movie
	Producer	I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark 1930-01-29 Movie
1929	Producer	Noah's Lark 1929-10-24 Movie
	Producer	Ko-Ko's Hypnotism 1929-07-13 Movie
	Producer	Ko-Ko's Harem Scarem 1929-06-14 Movie
	Producer	Ko-Ko's Conquest 1929-05-31 Movie
	Producer	Noise Annoys Ko-Ko 1929-01-25 Movie
1928	Producer	KoKo Lamps Aladdin 1928-05-12 Movie
	Producer	Ko-Ko's Haunted House 1928-04-28 Movie
	Producer	KoKo's Earth Control 1928-03-31 Movie
	Producer	Ko-Ko's Hot Dog 1928-02-17 Movie
	Producer	Inklings No. 10 1928-01-01 Movie
1927	Producer	Koko Chops Suey 1927-10-29 Movie
	Producer	KoKo the Kop 1927-10-01 Movie
	Producer	Ko-Ko Makes 'Em Laugh 1927-02-10 Movie
	Producer	Inklings, Issue Unknown 1927-01-01 Movie
	Producer	Inklings, Issue ?? 1927-01-01 Movie
1926	Producer	Koko Gets Egg-Cited 1926-12-01 Movie
	Producer	'Morning, Judge 1926-09-01 Movie
	Producer	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys Are Marching 1926-07-28 Movie
	Producer	Koko's Toot Toot 1926-06-05 Movie
	Producer	It's the Cat's 1926-06-01 Movie
	Producer	Sweet Adeline 1926-05-01 Movie
	Producer	Koko's Paradise 1926-02-27 Movie
1925	Producer	Koko Packs 'Em 1925-10-17 Movie
	Producer	Ko-Ko on the Run 1925-09-15 Movie
	Producer	Big Chief Koko 1925-05-15 Movie
	Producer	Koko in Toyland 1925-01-20 Movie
	Producer	Koko the Hot Shot 1925-01-01 Movie
1924	Producer	The Storm 1924-12-20 Movie
	Producer	Sparring Partner 1924-10-24 Movie
	Producer	League of Nations 1924-10-15 Movie
	Producer	Vaudeville 1924-08-20 Movie
	Producer	Vacation 1924-07-23 Movie
	Producer	The Runaway 1924-06-25 Movie
	Producer	Trip to Mars 1924-04-01 Movie
	Producer	Come Take a Trip in My Airship 1924-03-09 Movie
	Producer	Cartoon Factory 1924-02-21 Movie
	Producer	Masquerade 1924-02-01 Movie
1923	Producer	Contest 1923-12-01 Movie
	Producer	Surprise 1923-04-01 Movie
	Producer	The Einstein Theory of Relativity 1923-02-08 Movie
1922	Producer	The Hypnotist 1922-12-09 Movie
	Producer	The Reunion 1922-10-27 Movie
	Producer	The Show 1922-09-21 Movie
	Producer	The Challenge 1922-08-29 Movie
1921	Producer	Invisible Ink 1921-12-03 Movie
	Producer	The Automobile Ride 1921-06-20 Movie
1920	Producer	Perpetual Motion 1920-10-02 Movie
	Producer	The Chinaman 1920-05-19 Movie
	Producer	The Boxing Kangaroo 1920-02-02 Movie
1919	Producer	The Clown's Pup 1919-08-30 Movie
	Producer	Out of the Inkwell 1919-04-19 Movie
	Producer	The Tantalizing Fly 1919-03-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2015	Director	Max Fleischer: Lost Cartoons 2015-01-01 Movie
2009	Director	Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942 2009-04-07 Movie
1948	Director	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1948-11-11 Movie
1945	Director	News Sketches 1945-01-01 Movie
1931	Director	Hurry Doctor! 1931-03-13 Movie
1929	Director	Finding His Voice 1929-06-21 Movie
1926	Director	Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly? 1926-07-01 Movie
	Director	It's the Cat's 1926-06-01 Movie
1925	Director	Lunch on a Cart 1925-01-01 Movie
1924	Director	Clay Town 1924-05-29 Movie
	Director	Cartoon Factory 1924-02-21 Movie
1923	Director	Evolution 1923-06-01 Movie
1920	Director	Perpetual Motion 1920-10-02 Movie
	Director	If We Lived on the Moon 1920-09-01 Movie
	Director	The Ouija Board 1920-07-04 Movie
	Director	All Aboard for the Moon 1920-02-07 Movie
	Director	The Birth of the Earth 1920-01-01 Movie
1919	Director	The Tantalizing Fly 1919-03-10 Movie
1918	Director	The Eclipse of the Sun 1918-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2004	Animation	Johnny Legend Presents: The Complete Weird Cartoons 2004-01-20 Movie
1923	Animation	Surprise 1923-04-01 Movie
	Animation	The Einstein Theory of Relativity 1923-02-08 Movie
1921	Animation	Invisible Ink 1921-12-03 Movie
1920	Animation	Perpetual Motion 1920-10-02 Movie
	Animation	The Ouija Board 1920-07-04 Movie
	Animation	The Chinaman 1920-05-19 Movie
1919	Animation	The Clown's Pup 1919-08-30 Movie
	Animation	The Tantalizing Fly 1919-03-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1937	Writer	A Ride for Cinderella 1937-01-23 Movie
1933	Writer	Seasin's Greetinks! 1933-12-17 Movie
	Story	I Eats My Spinach 1933-11-17 Movie
1927	Scenario Writer	Now You're Talking 1927-04-28 Movie
1922	Writer	The Reunion 1922-10-27 Movie
1920	Writer	Perpetual Motion 1920-10-02 Movie
	Writer	The Chinaman 1920-05-19 Movie
	Writer	The Circus 1920-05-06 Movie
	Writer	The Boxing Kangaroo 1920-02-02 Movie
1919	Writer	The Clown's Pup 1919-08-30 Movie
	Writer	The Tantalizing Fly 1919-03-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1923	Editor	Adventures in the Far North 1923-05-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv