Dave Fleischer

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 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 fea…

Directed

1. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) — Director
2. Gulliver's Travels (1939) — Director
3. Superman (1941) — Director
4. Snow-White (1933) — Director
5. Bimbo's Initiation (1931) — Director
6. Minnie the Moocher (1932) — Director
7. The Mechanical Monsters (1941) — Director
8. Popeye the Sailor (1933) — Director
9. Billion Dollar Limited (1942) — Director
10. The Arctic Giant (1942) — Director
11. Volcano (1942) — Director
12. The Bulleteers (1942) — Director
13. The Magnetic Telescope (1942) — Director
14. Electric Earthquake (1942) — Director
15. Terror on the Midway (1942) — Director
16. Poor Cinderella (1934) — Director
17. Swing You Sinners! (1930) — Director
18. The Old Man of the Mountain (1933) — Director
19. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) — Director
20. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939) — Director
21. Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) — Director
22. KoKo's Earth Control (1928) — Director
23. Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) — Director
24. Invisible Ink (1921) — Director
25. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936) — Director
26. Out of the Inkwell (1938) — Director
27. The Paneless Window Washer (1937) — Director
28. A Dream Walking (1934) — Director
29. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932) — Director
30. Betty Boop, M.D. (1932) — Director
31. Mysterious Mose (1930) — Director
32. Barnacle Bill (1930) — Director
33. Dizzy Red Riding-Hood (1931) — Director
34. Is My Palm Read (1933) — Director
35. Red Hot Mamma (1934) — Director
36. Dizzy Dishes (1930) — Director
37. Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party (1933) — Director
38. Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942 (2009) — Director
39. Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932) — Director
40. The Cobweb Hotel (1936) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Ouija Board (1920)
2. Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995) — Self (archive footage)
3. Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008) — Himself (archive footage)
4. Ko-Ko's Conquest (1929) — Himself
5. Noise Annoys Ko-Ko (1929)
6. Ko-Ko's Hot Dog (1928) — Second Cartoonist (uncredited)