Dave Fleischer

About

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...

Known for

Gulliver's TravelsMovie • 1939Mr. Bug Goes to TownMovie • 1941Terror on the MidwayMovie • 1942Christmas Comes But Once a YearMovie • 1936SupermanMovie • 1941Aladdin and His Wonderful LampMovie • 1939Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the SailorMovie • 1936Electric EarthquakeMovie • 1942Betty Boop's Rise to FameMovie • 1934The Arctic GiantMovie • 1942Popeye the SailorMovie • 1933The BulleteersMovie • 1942Dizzy DishesMovie • 1930The Mechanical MonstersMovie • 1941Snow-WhiteMovie • 1933Poor CinderellaMovie • 1934The Old Man of the MountainMovie • 1933Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty ThievesMovie • 1937KoKo's Earth ControlMovie • 1928VolcanoMovie • 1942Mysterious MoseMovie • 1930Is My Palm ReadMovie • 1933The Paneless Window WasherMovie • 1937The Magnetic TelescopeMovie • 1942