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March 2. 5, 2. 00. American film director, best known for Soylent Green (1. Early life[edit]Richard Fleischer was born to a Jewish family[1] in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer, a native of Kraków, Poland.[2] After graduating from Brown University, he went to Yale School of Drama, where he met his future wife, Mary Dickson.[3]His film career began in 1. RKO studio, directing shorts, documentaries, and compilations of forgotten silent features, which he called "Flicker Flashbacks". He won an Academy Award as producer of the 1. Design for Death, co- written by Theodor Geisel (later known as Dr.

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Seuss), which examined the cultural forces that led to Japan's imperial expansion through World War II. RKO B Movies[edit]Fleischer moved to Los Angeles and was assigned his first feature, Child of Divorce (1. Sharyn Moffett.[4] It was successful so Fleischer was assigned to another Moffett vehicle, Banjo, which was a disaster. RKO agreed to loan him out to Stanley Kramer and Carl Foreman, who had admired Child of Divorce, to make So This Is New York (1. Kramer Company at Columbia. Watch Results Streaming. Back at RKO Fleischer made a thriller based on a story by Foreman, The Clay Pigeon.

His other early films were taut film noir thrillers such as Bodyguard (1. Follow Me Quietly (1. Armored Car Robbery (1. The Narrow Margin (1.

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Fleischer says he constantly tried to graduate to A pictures during this time. When Norman Krasna and Jerry Wald set up at RKO, they asked Fleischer to see if he could make a film out of any of the film shot for It's All True but he was unable to.[5] Another project that did not come to fruition was a film starring Al Jolson.[6]RKO's owner, Howard Hughes, was impressed by The Narrow Margin and hired Fleischer to re- shoot portions of His Kind of Woman (1. Hughes was pleased with the results and agreed to loan out Fleischer to Stanley Kramer to make The Happy Time (1. Kramer Company[edit]Fleischer was put under contract to the Kramer Company. The Happy Time was successful and Fleischer was meant to follow it with another for Kramer and Foreman, Full of Life.

However the film was never made because the partnership between Foreman and Kramer ended.[7]He accepted an offer from MGM to make Arena, a rodeo- themed story starring Gig Young and Jean Hagen. A Picture Director[edit]In 1. Walt Disney (his father's former rival as a cartoon producer) to direct 2.

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Leagues Under the Sea starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. While doing post production for the film, Fleischer received an offer from Dore Schary at MGM to direct Bad Day at Black Rock but had to turn it down because of all the post production work still required on Leagues.[8]He was able to accept an offer to direct a thriller for Buddy Adler at 2. Century Fox, Violent Saturday (1. This was successful and Fox signed Fleischer to a long term contract. He would work for that studio for the next fifteen years.

Century Fox[edit]Fleischer's first film under his new contract with Fox was The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1. He then made Bandido, a Western with Robert Mitchum. Kirk Douglas hired Fleischer to make The Vikings (1.

Back at Fox, Fleischer made Compulsion (1. Orson Welles for producer Richard D. Zanuck. It was successful and earned Fleischer a Directors Guild Award nomination. Fox offered him a movie with John Wayne, North to Alaska which Fleischer originally agreed to do, but pulled out of when he was unhappy with the script.

He moved to Paris where Darryl F. Zanuck asked him to make The Ballad of Red Rocks, a vehicle for Zanuck's then- girlfriend Juliette Greco.[9] The film was not made but Fleischer instead directed two other stories for Zanuck starring Greco, Crack in the Mirror (1. The Big Gamble (1. Fleischer then signed a contract with Dino de Laurentiis to make Barabbas (1. After that, he and de Laurentiis announced a series of projects, including Lanny Budd (from a novel by Upton Sinclair), Don Camillo, Salvatore Guliano, Dark Angel and Sacco and Vanzetti (from a script by Edward Anhalt), but none were made.[1. He accepted an offer from Samuel Bronston and Philip Yordan to make The Nightrunners of Bengal in Spain but that project fell apart when Bronston's empire collapsed.[1. Return to Hollywood[edit]Back in Hollywood, Richard Zanuck had become head of production at Fox and offered Fleischer Fantastic Voyage (1.

It was a success and resurrected his Hollywood career. He was entrusted with Fox's big "roadshow" musical of 1. Doctor Dolittle (1. Rex Harrison. It was popular but failed to recoup its enormous cost. Most acclaimed was The Boston Strangler (1. Tony Curtis. Che!

Che Guevera that starred Omar Sharif, was an expensive flop, as was an account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tora! Tora! Tora! (1. 97. This was his last film for 2. Century Fox. Seventies Films[edit]Fleischer travelled to England, where he directed an acclaimed thriller, 1. Rillington Place (1. Richard Attenborough.

He then replaced John Huston, who had fallen out with star George C Scott, on The Last Run (1. See No Evil (1. 97. Mia Farrow was another thriller. In Hollywood, he made The New Centurions (1. Joseph Wambaugh, again starring George C. Scott. At MGM, he made a science- fiction film, Soylent Green (1.

Charlton Heston. Action films followed: The Don Is Dead (1. Anthony Quinn, plus two for Walter Mirisch: The Spikes Gang (1.

Lee Marvin and Mr. Majestyk (1. 97. 4), with Charles Bronson, written by Elmore Leonard. He was reunited with De Laurentiis for the popular, if controversial, Mandingo (1. The Incredible Sarah (1. British biopic of Sarah Bernhardt with Glenda Jackson. The Prince and the Pauper (1. Mark Twain novel that featured Heston, Harrison and Scott in its cast.

Fleischer was then hired to replace Richard Sarafian on Ashanti (1. Michael Caine, which turned out to be a flop. He received another call to replace a director, in this case Sidney J. Furie, on The Jazz Singer (1. Neil Diamond. Later career[edit]Tough Enough (1. Toughman Contest starring Dennis Quaid.

He made three more for de Laurentiis, Amityville 3- D (1. Conan the Destroyer (1. Red Sonja (1. 98.

His final theatrical feature was Million Dollar Mystery (1. Later career[edit]Fleischer was chairman of Fleischer Studios, which today handles the licensing of Betty Boop and Koko the Clown. In June 2. 00. 5, he released his memoirs of his father's career in Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution. Death and legacy[edit]He died in his sleep at age 8. Fleischer's 1. 99. Just Tell Me When to Cry, described his many difficulties with actors, writers and producers.

Japanese film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa expresses admiration for Fleischer.[1. Filmography[edit]Source: [1. Accolades[edit]Wins. Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Feature Documentary, for Design for Death (1. Shared with: Sid Rogell and Theron Warth; 1. Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, Avoriaz, France: Grand Prize, for Soylent Green; 1. Saturn Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: Best Science Fiction Film, for Soylent Green; 1.

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: Special Award for career in film; 1. Nominations. Golden Globes: Golden Globe, Best Director, for The Happy Time (1. Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm, for Compulsion; 1. Directors Guild of America: DGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, for The Vikings; 1. Directors Guild of America: DGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, for Compulsion; 1.

British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA Film Award, Best Film from any Source, for Compulsion; 1. Hugo Awards: Best Picture for Fantastic Voyage (1. Hugo Awards: Best Picture for Soylent Green (1.

Fantasporto, Porto, Portugal: International Fantasy Film Award, Best Film, for Amityville 3- D; 1. Unsolicited nomination. References[edit]^Jewish Daily Forward: "The Animated Life of a Film Giant" by Mindy Aloff October 1.