Dave Fleischer
| Dave Fleischer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Fleischer July 14, 1894 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 1979 (aged 84) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director and producer |
| Years active | 1918-1979 |
David "Dave" Fleischer (July 14, 1894 – June 25, 1979) was an American film director and producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. He was a native of New York City.
Dave Fleischer was the youngest of five brothers and grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, a poor Jewish ghetto. By the time Dave was born, his father has lost his means of livelihood due to The Industrial Revolution and the mass production of garments.
Dave worked as an Usher at the famous Palace Theater on Broadway, where he was exposed to vaudeville, which contributed to the development of his sense for gags and comic timing, which came into play when he joined forces with his older brother, Max in the production of animated cartoons. At one point, the family lived in Coney Island, and Dave became interested in being a clown for one of the sideshow amusements. This clown character would be recalled a few years later in connection with Max's early experiments with his first major invention, "The Rotoscope" and was the source of their first character who evolved into "Koko the Clown" in the pioneering series, Out of the Inkwell (1919-27).
Around 1913–14, he 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.
In 1921, he joined forces with Max in starting their first studio, Out of the Inkwell Films, Inc. in a dingy basement apartment in midtown Manhattan. He went on to become director and later supervising producer of the studio's output. Among the cartoon series Fleischer supervised were Out of the Inkwell (1919-27), Inklings (1925-26), The Inkwell Imps (1927-29), Talkartoons (1929-32), Betty Boop (1932-39), Popeye the Sailor (1933-42), Color Classics (1934-41). He also supervised two animated features Gulliver's Travels (1939) and Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941).
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