Max Fleischer

Birthday: 7/19/1883
Deathday: 9/11/1972
Place of birth: Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]
Fame for: Production
Also known as: Max Fleicher

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)