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Richard Fleischer

Directing·Dec 8, 1916·Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Richard Owen Fleischer (December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director. Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer. After graduating from Brown University, he went to Yale School of Drama, where he met his future wife, Mary Dickson. His film career began in 1942 at the RKO studio, directing shorts, documentaries, and compilations of forgotten silent features. Fleischer moved to Los Angeles and was assigned his first feature, Child of Divorce (1946). In 1954, he was chosen by Walt Disney (his father's former rival as a cartoon producer) to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Kirk Douglas. In 1955 Fox signed Fleischer to a long term contract. He would work for that studio for the next fifteen years. His first film under his new contract with Fox was The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955). Kirk Douglas hired Fleischer to make The Vikings (1958), which was another big hit. He then moved to Paris where he directed two stories for Darryl F. Zanuck starring Greco. Fleischer then signed a contract with Dino de Laurentiis to make Barabbas (1962). Back in Hollywood, Richard Zanuck had become head of production at Fox and offered Fleischer Fantastic Voyage (1966). It was a success and resurrected his Hollywood career. Che! (1969), a biopic of Che Guevera that starred Omar Sharif, was an expensive flop, as was an account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). This was his last film for 20th Century Fox. Fleischer travelled to England, where he directed an acclaimed thriller, 10 Rillington Place. See No Evil (1971) with Mia Farrow was another thriller. In Hollywood, he made The New Centurions (1972). At MGM, he made a science-fiction film, Soylent Green (1973), with Charlton Heston. He was reunited with De Laurentiis for the popular, if controversial, Mandingo (1975). The Prince and the Pauper (1977) was a version of the Mark Twain novel that featured Heston, Harrison and Scott in its cast. Fleischer was then hired on Ashanti (1979), starring Michael Caine, which turned out to be a flop. Tough Enough (1983) was about the Toughman Contest starring Dennis Quaid. He made three more for de Laurentiis. His final theatrical feature was Million Dollar Mystery (1987). Fleischer was chairman of Fleischer Studios, which today handles the licensing of Betty Boop and Koko the Clown. In June 2005, he released his memoirs of his father's career in Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution. Fleischer's 1993 autobiography, Just Tell Me When to Cry, described his many difficulties with actors, writers and producers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard O. Fleischer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Call from Space1989 · Director	Director
Million Dollar Mystery1987 · Director	Director
Red Sonja1985 · Director	Director
Conan the Destroyer1984 · Director	Director
Amityville 3-D1983 · Director	Director
Tough Enough1983 · Director	Director
The Jazz Singer1980 · Director	Director
Ashanti1979 · Director	Director
The Prince and the Pauper1977 · Director	Director
The Incredible Sarah1976 · Director	Director
Mandingo1975 · Director	Director
Mr. Majestyk1974 · Director	Director
The Spikes Gang1974 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Don Is Dead1973 · Director	Director
Soylent Green1973 · Director	Director
The New Centurions1972 · Director	Director
See No Evil1971 · Director	Director
The Last Run1971 · Director	Director
10 Rillington Place1971 · Director	Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Che!1969 · Director	Director
The Boston Strangler1968 · Director	Director
Doctor Dolittle1967 · Director	Director
Fantastic Voyage1966 · Director	Director
Barabbas1961 · Director	Director
The Big Gamble1961 · Director	Director
Crack in the Mirror1960 · Director	Director
These Thousand Hills1959 · Director	Director
Compulsion1959 · Director	Director
The Vikings1958 · Director	Director
Between Heaven and Hell1956 · Director	Director
Bandido!1956 · Director	Director
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing1955 · Director	Director
Violent Saturday1955 · Director	Director
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954 · Director	Director
Arena1953 · Director	Director
The Happy Time1952 · Director	Director
The Narrow Margin1952 · Director	Director
Armored Car Robbery1950 · Director	Director
Trapped1949 · Director	Director
Make Mine Laughs1949 · Director	Director
Follow Me Quietly1949 · Director	Director
The Clay Pigeon1949 · Director	Director
Bodyguard1948 · Director	Director
Design for Death1948 · Director	Director
So This Is New York1948 · Director	Director
Banjo1947 · Director	Director
MMr. Bell1947 · Director	Director
Child of Divorce1946 · Director	Director
MMake Mine Memories1945 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Memo for Joe1944 · Director	Director
Flicker Flashbacks #21943 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer