Max Fleischer

Birthday: July 19th, 1883 Date of Death: September 11th, 1972 Place of Birth: Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]

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)