Birthday: December 08, 1916

The son of famed animator Max Fleischer (Popeye, Betty Boop et. al.), Richard O. Fleischer was a psychology student at Brown University when he dropped out in favor of the Yale Drama Department. At age 21, Fleischer organized a campus theatrical troupe called the Arena Players. In 1942, he went to work for RKO-Pathe in New York, editing the company's weekly newsreels before producing ...more
  • 1959
  • British Academy of Film and Television
  • Best British Film
  • Compulsion
  • nom
  • 1959
  • Directors Guild of America
  • Best Director
  • Compulsion
  • nom
  • 1958
  • Directors Guild of America
  • Best Director
  • The Vikings
  • nom
  • 1947
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
  • Best Documentary Feature
  • Design for Death
  • win


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