Portrait of Dave Fleischer

Directing

Dave Fleischer

Career

Active from 1919 to 2026, with a break from 1958 to 2006, busiest in 1926 with 43 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 3.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dave Fleischer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.1, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    1.6, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.5, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Animation 18
  • Nostalgic 10
  • Family-Friendly 9
  • Classic Cartoon 8
  • Slapstick Comedy 7
  • Golden Age Animation 6
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Vintage Cartoon 5
  • Lighthearted 5
  • Vintage Animation 5
  • Nostalgic Charm 5
  • Superman 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

653
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Betty boop "Is My Palm Read"
Betty boop "Is My Palm Read"

Director

2020s

2 titles
Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1
Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (2026)

Director

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024)

Director

2010s

4 titles
Max Fleischer: Lost Cartoons
Max Fleischer: Lost Cartoons (2015)

Director

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3 (2014)

Director

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 (2013)

Director

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1 (2013)

Director

2000s

2 titles
Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past
Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past (2007)

Director

Γ‡a cartoon : SpΓ©cial Popeye
Γ‡a cartoon : SpΓ©cial Popeye (2005)

Animation Director

1980s

1 title
Hurray for Betty Boop
Hurray for Betty Boop (1980)

Animation Director

1950s

3 titles Β· average score 57
The Big Fun Carnival
The Big Fun Carnival (1957)

Director

Big Bad Sindbad
Big Bad Sindbad (1952)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Popeye Makes a Movie
Popeye Makes a Movie (1950)

Director

1940s

95 titles Β· average score 67
Many Tanks
Many Tanks (1942)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Raven
The Raven (1942)

Director

Terror on the Midway
Terror on the Midway (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Blunder Below
Blunder Below (1942)

Director

The Arctic Giant
The Arctic Giant (1942)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Superman
Superman (1941)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Problem Pappy
Problem Pappy (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Swing Cleaning
Swing Cleaning (1941)

Director

Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

Story, Director

Pest Pilot
Pest Pilot (1941)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Quiet! Pleeze
Quiet! Pleeze (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Onion Pacific
Onion Pacific (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

1930s

335 titles Β· average score 65
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels (1939)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Peeping Penguins
Peeping Penguins (1937)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Fowl Play
Fowl Play (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Be Human
Be Human (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Play Safe
Play Safe (1936)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Dizzy Divers
Dizzy Divers (1935)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Little Nobody
Little Nobody (1935)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Poor Cinderella
Poor Cinderella (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Popeye the Sailor
Popeye the Sailor (1933)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Chess-Nuts
Chess-Nuts (1932)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Dizzy Dishes
Dizzy Dishes (1930)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

1920s

205 titles Β· average score 69
Now You're Talking
Now You're Talking (1927)

Director

Cartoon Factory
Cartoon Factory (1924)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Animation

Vaudeville
Vaudeville (1924)

Director, Animation

False Alarm
False Alarm (1923)

Director

The Puzzle
The Puzzle (1923)

Director

Jumping Beans
Jumping Beans (1922)

Director

The Reunion
The Reunion (1922)

Director

Invisible Ink
Invisible Ink (1921)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Modeling
Modeling (1921)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Fishing
Fishing (1921)

Director

The Circus
The Circus (1920)

Director

Perpetual Motion
Perpetual Motion (1920)

Director

1910s

5 titles
Out of the Inkwell
Out of the Inkwell (1919)

Director

The Clown's Pup
The Clown's Pup (1919)

Director

Slides
Slides (1919)

Director

Experiment No. 3
Experiment No. 3 (1919)

Director

Experiment No. 2
Experiment No. 2 (1919)

Director