Person
Max Fleischer
Production · 1883–1972 · Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]
Biography
Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was a 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)
Known for
Betty Boop
Creator
Swing Cleaning
Producer
Poopdeck Pappy
Producer
Onion Pacific
Producer
Boilesk
Producer
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (archive footage)
Shakespearian Spinach
Producer
Gulliver's Travels
Producer
The Arctic Giant
Producer
Wotta Nitemare
Producer
Filmography
- 2024Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max FleischerProducer
- 2015Max Fleischer: Lost CartoonsDirector
- 2014Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3Producer
- 2013Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2Producer
- 2013Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1Producer
- 2009Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942Director
- 2008Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer StoryHimself (archive footage)
- 2004Johnny Legend Presents: The Complete Weird CartoonsAnimation
- 1995Betty Boop: Queen of the CartoonsSelf (archive footage)
- 1992Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsSelf (archive footage)
- 1973Betty Boop Scandals of 1974Director
- 1957The Big Fun CarnivalProducer
- 1949Popeye's PremiereProducer
- 1948Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerDirector
- 1945News SketchesDirector
- 1942Terror on the MidwayProducer
- 1942VolcanoProducer
- 1942Baby Wants a BottleshipProducer
- 1942Electric EarthquakeProducer
- 1942Many TanksProducer
- 1942Olive Oyl and Water Don't MixProducer
- 1942The Magnetic TelescopeProducer
- 1942The BulleteersProducer
- 1942The Arctic GiantProducer
- 1942Blunder BelowProducer
- 1942Kickin' the Conga RoundProducer
- 1942Billion Dollar LimitedProducer
- 1941Nix on HypnotricksProducer
- 1941Mr. Bug Goes to TownProducer
- 1941The Mechanical MonstersProducer
- 1941The Mighty NavyProducer
- 1941SupermanProducer
- 1941I'll Never Crow AgainProducer
- 1941It's a Hap-Hap-Happy DayProducer
- 1941Pest PilotProducer
- 1941Gabby Goes FishingProducer
- 1941Olive's Boithday PresinkProducer
- 1941Zero the HoundProducer
- 1941Popeye Meets Rip Van WinkleProducer
- 1941Swing CleaningProducer
- 1941Raggedy Ann and Raggedy AndyProducer
- 1941Flies Ain't HumanProducer
- 1941Olive's $weep$take TicketProducer
- 1941Two for the ZooProducer
- 1941Quiet! PleezeProducer
- 1941Problem PappyProducer
- 1940Poopdeck PappyProducer
- 1940Sneak, Snoop and SnitchProducer
- 1940My Pop, My PopProducer
- 1940Popeye Meets William TellProducer
- 1940Pedagogical Institution (College to You)Producer
- 1940Wimmin Hadn't Oughta DriveProducer
- 1940Doing Impossikible StuntsProducer
- 1940Snubbed by a SnobProducer
- 1940The Ugly DinoProducer
- 1940Onion PacificProducer
- 1940Me Feelins is HurtProducer
- 1940Stealin Aint HonestProducer
- 1940Females Is FickleProducer
- 1940Way Back When a Triangle Had Its PointsProducer
- 1940Shakespearian SpinachProducer
- 1939Gulliver's TravelsProducer
- 1939Never Sock a BabyProducer
- 1939The Fresh Vegetable MysteryProducer
- 1939It's the Natural Thing to DoProducer
- 1939Hello How Am IProducer
- 1939Ghosks Is the BunkProducer
- 1939Wotta NitemareProducer
- 1939Leave Well Enough AloneProducer
- 1939Aladdin and His Wonderful LampProducer
- 1939My Friend the MonkeyProducer
- 1939The Princess and the PauperDirector
- 1938Fleischer Studios Behind The ScenesSelf
- 1938A Date to SkateProducer
- 1938All's Fair at the FairProducer
- 1938The JeepProducer
- 1938Plumbing Is a 'Pipe'Producer
- 1938I Yam Love SickProducer
- 1938Hold It!Producer
- 1938Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-UghProducer
- 1938The House Builder-UpperProducer
- 1938Learn PolikenessProducer
- 1938Let's CelebrakeProducer
- 1937Fowl PlayProducer
- 1937Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty ThievesProducer
- 1937The Football Toucher DownerProducer
- 1937I Likes Babies and InfinksProducer
- 1937Peeping PenguinsProducer
- 1937The Candid CandidateProducer
- 1937I Never Changes My AltitudeProducer
- 1937Lost and FoundryProducer
- 1937A Car-Tune PortraitProducer
- 1937The Impractical JokerProducer
- 1937Morning, Noon and Night ClubProducer
- 1937The Twisker PitcherProducer
- 1937HospitalikyProducer
- 1937The Hot Air SalesmanProducer
- 1937Organ Grinder's SwingProducer
- 1937Bunny MooningProducer
- 1937A Ride for CinderellaWriter
- 1937The Paneless Window WasherProducer
- 1937House Cleaning BluesProducer
- 1936I'm in the Army NowProducer
- 1936Making FriendsProducer
- 1936Christmas Comes But Once a YearProducer
- 1936Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the SailorProducer
- 1936The Spinach RoadsterProducer
- 1936Be HumanProducer
- 1936Hold the WireProducer
- 1936Grampy's Indoor OutingProducer
- 1936Play SafeProducer
- 1936Little Swee'peaProducer
- 1936Training PigeonsProducer
- 1936Never Kick a WomanProducer
- 1936Let's Get Movin'Producer
- 1936You're Not Built That WayProducer
- 1936I Wanna Be a Life GuardProducer
- 1936More PepUncle Max (voice)
- 1936The Cobweb HotelProducer
- 1936What -- No Spinach?Producer
- 1936Bridge Ahoy!Producer
- 1936We Did ItProducer
- 1936I-Ski Love-Ski You-SkiProducer
- 1936Betty Boop and the Little KingProducer
- 1936Somewhere in DreamlandProducer
- 1936Vim, Vigor and VitalikyProducer
- 1935Little NobodyProducer
- 1935Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living AmericanProducer
- 1935The Spinach OvertureProducer
- 1935Musical MemoriesProducer
- 1935Making StarsProducer
- 1935King of the Mardi GrasProducer
- 1935Judge for a DayProducer
- 1935Time for LoveProducer
- 1935You Gotta Be a Football HeroProducer
- 1935Betty Boop and GrampyProducer
- 1935Dizzy DiversProducer
- 1935A Language All My OwnProducer
- 1935Dancing on the MoonProducer
- 1935A Little Soap and WaterProducer
- 1935Choose Your 'Weppins'Producer
- 1935No! No! A Thousand Times No!!Producer
- 1935The Hyp-Nut-TistProducer
- 1935Pleased to Meet Cha!Producer
- 1935Be Kind to 'Aminals'Producer
- 1935Taking the BlameProducer
- 1935Beware of Barnacle BillProducer
- 1935Baby Be GoodProducer
- 1935An Elephant Never ForgetsProducer
- 1934We Aim to PleaseProducer
- 1934The Dance ContestProducer
- 1934The Two-Alarm FireProducer
- 1934A Dream WalkingProducer
- 1934Betty Boop's Little PalProducer
- 1934Axe Me AnotherProducer
- 1934Shiver Me Timbers!Producer
- 1934Strong to the FinichProducer
- 1934Shoein' HossesProducer
- 1934Betty Boop's Rise to FameMax Fleischer
- 1934Betty in BlunderlandProducer
- 1934The Man on the Flying TrapezeProducer
- 1934Ha! Ha! Ha!Producer
- 1934Let's You and Him FightProducer
- 1934Red Hot MammaProducer
- 1934She Wronged Him RightProducer
- 1933Wild ElephinksProducer
- 1933Seasin's Greetinks!Writer
- 1933I Eats My SpinachStory
- 1933Betty Boop's Hallowe'en PartyProducer
- 1933I Yam What I YamProducer
- 1933I HeardProducer
- 1933Popeye the SailorProducer
- 1933Sing, Sisters, Sing!Producer
- 1933BoileskProducer
- 1933Betty Boop's May PartyProducer
- 1933Betty Boop's Birthday PartyProducer
- 1933Is My Palm ReadProducer
- 1933Ain't She SweetProducer
- 1933Betty Boop's Crazy InventionsProducer
- 1933Betty Boop's Ker-ChooProducer
- 1932Betty Boop's MuseumProducer
- 1932Betty Boop's Bamboo IsleProducer
- 1932Just a GigoloPresenter
- 1932The Betty Boop LimitedProducer
- 1932Chess-NutsProducer
- 1932Minnie the MoocherProducer
- 1932S.O.S.Producer
- 1932Wait Till the Sun Shines, NellieProducer
- 1932Boop-Oop-A-DoopProducer
- 1931Kitty from Kansas CityProducer
- 1931In the Shade of the Old ApplesauceProducer
- 1931Minding the BabyProducer
- 1931Mr. Gallagher and Mr. SheanProducer
- 1931Bimbo's ExpressProducer
- 1931Bimbo's InitiationProducer
- 1931The Herring Murder CaseProducer
- 1931In My Merry OldsmobileProducer
- 1931Hurry Doctor!Director
- 1931Please Go 'Way and Let Me SleepProducer
- 1930Accordion JoeProducer
- 1930Swing You Sinners!Producer
- 1930Dizzy DishesProducer
- 1930A Hot Time in the Old Town TonightProducer
- 1930I'm Afraid to Come Home in the DarkProducer
- 1929Noah's LarkProducer
- 1929DixieProducer
- 1929Ko-Ko's HypnotismProducer
- 1929Finding His VoiceDirector
- 1929Ko-Ko's Harem ScaremProducer
- 1929Ko-Ko's ConquestProducer
- 1929Eveready Harton in Buried TreasureAnimation
- 1929Ko-Ko Beats TimeMax Fleischer
- 1929The Sidewalks of New YorkProducer
- 1929Noise Annoys Ko-KoProducer
- 1928Koko's Field Daze
- 1928KoKo Lamps AladdinProducer
- 1928Ko-Ko's Haunted House
- 1928KoKo's Earth ControlProducer
- 1928Ko-Ko's Tattoo
- 1928Ko-Ko's Hot DogCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1928Ko-Ko's Germ Jam
- 1928Inklings No. 10Producer
- 1927KoKo's KlockMax Fleischer
- 1927Koko Chops SueyProducer
- 1927KoKo the KopMax Fleischer
- 1927Koko Needles the BossMax Fleischer
- 1927Now You're TalkingScenario Writer
- 1927Ko-Ko Makes 'Em LaughCartoonist
- 1927Koko Back TracksMax Fleischer
- 1927Inklings, Issue ??Producer
- 1927Inklings, Issue UnknownProducer
- 1926Koko Gets Egg-CitedCartoonist
- 1926Koko the ConvictCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1926Koko Kidnapped
- 1926FadeawayMax Fleischer
- 1926'Morning, JudgeProducer
- 1926Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 15Director
- 1926Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (The Boys Are Marching)Producer
- 1926Koko Hot After Ithimself
- 1926Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?Director
- 1926My Old Kentucky HomeProducer
- 1926Koko's Toot TootMax Fleischer
- 1926Toot Toot TootsieWriter
- 1926It's the Cat'sProducer
- 1926Ko-Ko at the CircusMax
- 1926Sweet AdelineProducer
- 1926Koko's ParadiseMax Fleischer
- 1926Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 5Director
- 1925Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 4Director
- 1925Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 3Director
- 1925Thanksgiving
- 1925Koko Eats
- 1925Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 2Director
- 1925Koko Packs 'EmCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1925Koko NutsHimself
- 1925Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 1Director
- 1925Ko-Ko on the Runhimself
- 1925Koko Celebrates the FourthCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1925Koko Trains 'EmMax Fleischer
- 1925Big Chief KokoMax Fleischer
- 1925Ko-Ko the BarberMax Fleischer
- 1925Koko in ToylandCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1925Koko the Hot ShotMax Fleischer
- 1925Lunch on a CartDirector
- 1924The StormCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1924The CureMax Fleischer
- 1924Sparring PartnerProducer
- 1924League of NationsProducer
- 1924VaudevilleProducer
- 1924Proxy Lover: A Fable of the FutureDirector
- 1924VacationCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1924The RunawayProducer
- 1924Clay TownDirector
- 1924Trip to MarsMax Fleischer - Animator
- 1924Mother GooselandCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1924Come Take a Trip in My AirshipProducer
- 1924Cartoon FactoryVarious
- 1924MasqueradeProducer
- 1924Koko's Big Catch
- 1924The LaundryWriter
- 1923ContestProducer
- 1923Shadows
- 1923The Fortune TellerCartoonist
- 1923BalloonsMax Fleischer
- 1923False AlarmMax Fleischer
- 1923The BattleWriter
- 1923TrappedMax Fleischer
- 1923EvolutionDirector
- 1923Adventures in the Far NorthEditor
- 1923The PuzzleMax Fleischer
- 1923SurpriseCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1923Bed TimeHimself
- 1923The Einstein Theory of RelativityAnimation
- 1922Jumping BeansMax Fleischer
- 1922The HypnotistProducer
- 1922The ReunionCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1922The ShowProducer
- 1922The ChallengeProducer
- 1922FliesMax Fleischer
- 1922BubblesMax Fleischer
- 1922BirthdayMax Fleischer
- 1922The MosquitoWriter
- 1922The Dresden DollMax Fleischer
- 1921Invisible InkMax Fleischer
- 1921FishingMax Fleischer
- 1921ModelingCartoonist
- 1921The Automobile Ridehimself
- 1921CartoonlandWriter
- 1920Through the EarthDirector
- 1920The RestaurantCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1920Perpetual MotionCartoonist
- 1920If We Lived on the MoonDirector
- 1920The Clown's Little BrotherMax Fleischer
- 1920The Ouija BoardMax Fleischer
- 1920The Chinaman
- 1920The CircusWriter
- 1920All Aboard for the MoonDirector
- 1920The Boxing KangarooCartoonist (uncredited)
- 1920Hello, MarsDirector
- 1920The Birth of the EarthDirector
- 1919The Clown's PupMax Fleischer
- 1919The Electric BellDirector
- 1919Out of the InkwellCartoonist
- 1919The Tantalizing Fly
- 1918Experiment No. 1Director
- 1918The Eclipse of the SunDirector
- 1917The Submarine Mine LayerDirector
- —Untitled Betty Boop MovieCharacters
- —Betty BoopCreator
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