About Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer Max Fleischer

Birthday

1883-07-19

Place of Birth

Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]

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)