Dave Fleischer
Born
14 July 1894 (131)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
David Fleischer, Dave Fliescher
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David "Dave" Fleischer (July 14, 1894 – June 25, 1979) was an American animator film director and film producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. He was a native of New York City. Sometime around 1913-1914, Dave began working as a film cutter for the American branch of Pathé, the French company that was the world's largest film production and distribution company, and the largest manufacturer of film equi...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David "Dave" Fleischer (July 14, 1894 – June 25, 1979) was an American animator film director and film producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. He was a native of New York City. Sometime around 1913-1914, Dave began working as a film cutter for the American branch of Pathé, the French company that was the world's largest film production and distribution company, and the largest manufacturer of film equipment, in the first decades of the 20th Century. Dave Fleischer was notable during the brothers' early days as the rotoscope model for their first character, Koko the Clown. He went on to become director and later producer of the studio's output. Although he is credited as "director" of every film released by the Fleischer studio from 1921 to 1942, the lead animators actually performed directorial duties, and Fleischer mainly served as producer. Among the cartoon series Fleischer supervised during this period were Talkartoons, Betty Boop Cartoons, Popeye the Sailor, Color Classics and several others; Popeye would go on to be the top rival of Mickey Mouse. He also supervised two animated features released through Paramount Pictures, Gulliver's Travels (1939) and Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941). The debt Fleischer Studios owed to Paramount for the budgets of those features, worsened by the lack of success that came from the studio's non-Popeye cartoons, was called in by Paramount; this forced the brothers to give the studio to Paramount on May 24, 1941. However, both were still able to remain in charge of Fleischer Studios for a time. Fleischer was asked by Paramount to put the popular comic book hero Superman into a cartoon series. The big-budget Superman series became the most successful cartoon of the late period of Fleischer Studios. However, relations between Dave and Max were deteriorating. The feud starting simmering after the married Dave began an adulterous affair with his Miami secretary in 1938, and was followed by more personal and professional disputes. In April 1942 Fleischer, no longer able to cooperate with his brother, left the company to become President of Screen Gems at Columbia Pictures, although he remained co-manager of Fleischer Studios until Paramount reorganized the studio in May 1942 after Max and Dave's contracts expired. Now owned wholly by Paramount, the studio was re-organized as Famous Studios, although the name wasn't officially adopted until May 1943. In the late-1940s, Fleischer moved over to Universal, where he became a special effects expert and general problem-solver, working on films such as Francis (1950), The Birds (1963), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Fleischer died of a stroke on June 25, 1979 in Woodland Hills, California, having spent over a decade in retirement.
Filmography (40)
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
2024
Max Fleischer: Lost Cartoons
2015
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3
2014
🎬 Director
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2
2013
🎬 Director
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1
2013
🎬 Director
Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942
2009
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
2008
Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past
2007
🎬 Director
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
The Big Fun Carnival
1957
🎬 Director
Big Bad Sindbad
1952
Popeye Makes a Movie
1950
Popeye's Premiere
1949
Spinach Packin' Popeye
1944
Terror on the Midway
1942
Volcano
1942
Baby Wants a Bottleship
1942
Electric Earthquake
1942
Many Tanks
1942
Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix
1942
The Magnetic Telescope
1942
Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye an' Peep-eye
1942
The Raven
1942
The Bulleteers
1942
Fleets of Stren'th
1942
The Arctic Giant
1942
Blunder Below
1942
Kickin' the Conga Round
1942
Billion Dollar Limited
1942
The Vacationers' Paradise
1942
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Nix on Hypnotricks
1941
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
The Mechanical Monsters
1941
The Mighty Navy
1941
Superman
1941
I'll Never Crow Again
1941
Twinkletoes in Hat Stuff
1941
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Vitamin Hay
1941
It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
1941
Pest Pilot
1941