Richard Fleischer

DirectorWriterProducer

Born: December 8, 1916
Died: March 25, 2006
Awards: 3 wins, 13 nominations

Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one of…

Biography

Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one of his earliest films - a documentary Design for Death (1947) . In 1947 the rapidly rising director met Stanley Kramer and Carl Foreman who hired him for their first film together So This Is New York (1948) , One of his most memorable accomplishments 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) which grossed well over $25 million since it's release in 1953.

Director

Call from Space(1989)

Million Dollar Mystery(1987)

Red Sonja(1985)

Conan the Destroyer(1984)

Amityville 3-D(1983)

Writer

Laughs from the Past(1952)

His Kind of Woman(1951)

Flicker Flashbacks No. 7, Series 5(1948)

Flicker Flashbacks No. 6, Series 5(1948)

Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 5(1948)

Producer

Betty Boop is back(1993)

The Spikes Gang(1974)

Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)

Billete para Tánger(1955)

Flicker Flashbacks No. 7, Series 5(1948)

Additional Crew

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story(1999)

Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery(1989)

The Magical World of Disney(1954)

Flicker Flashbacks No. 6, Series 4(1947)

Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 1(1943)

Thanks

First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series(2006)

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman(2006)

Trapped Ashes(2006)

The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea'(2003)

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth(2001)

Self

Out of His Mind: Richard Fleischer on 'The Boston Strangler'(2018)as Self

Sodankylä Forever(2010)as Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff(2010)as Self - Interviewee

First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series(2006)as Self - son of Max Fleischer

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons(2005)as Self

Archive Footage

Soleil vert et alerte rouge, quand Hollywood sonnait l'alarme(2022)as Self

Les grands voyages de Richard Fleischer(2021)as Self

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story(2008)as Self

The 79th Annual Academy Awards(2007)as Self - Memorial Tribute

TCM Remembers 2006(2006)as Self, director

Known for

Soylent Green1973 · Director 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954 · Director Red Sonja1985 · Director Fantastic Voyage1966 · Director

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Richard Fleischer in Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Robert Bray, Richard Fleischer, Lee Frederick, Lillie Hayward, Kenneth MacDonald, George McDonald, Sharyn Moffett, Jean Moorhead, Walter Reed, Jacqueline White, and Banjo the Dog in Banjo (1947)

Tony Curtis, Richard Fleischer, and Richard H. Kline in The Boston Strangler (1968)

Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre, Richard Fleischer, Paul Lukas, Robert J. Wilke, and Elmo Williams in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre, James Mason, Richard Fleischer, and Elmo Williams in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Earl Felton and Richard Fleischer in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)