Richard Fleischer ( born Richard Fleischer ; December 8, 1916, Brooklyn, New York USA - March 25, 2006, Los Angeles) is an American filmmaker. He received the Academy Award for Best Documentary (1947). He gained fame thanks to the films “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” , “Vikings” , “Conan the Destroyer” , “Torah! Torah! Torah! ” And “ Violence ” .
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| Birth name | Richard O. Fleischer |
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| Place of Birth | Brooklyn , New York USA |
| Date of death | or |
| A place of death | Los Angeles |
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| Profession | filmmaker |
| Career | 1943-1989 |
| Direction | noir, crime film, sci-fi |
| Awards | Oscar 1947 |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Selected Filmography
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Richard Fleischer was born in Brooklyn ( New York ), in the family of the cinematographer Max Fleisher , known for creating such animated images as Betty Boop and Sailor Popeye [6] .
He entered Brown University at the Faculty of Psychology, then, without finishing it, transferred to the Drama School at Yale . At 21, he organized a student troupe. In 1942, he got a job in one of the divisions of RKO Pictures and began making documentaries. The first significant work is the documentary series “This is America” (1943). In 1947, he received an Academy Award for Best Design for Death documentary [7] .
In 1948, Fleischer began making feature films. First, Category B noir films , such as Bodyguard (1948), Follow Me Quietly (1949), Trapped (1949), Easy Target (1949), Robbery of a Collector’s Car (1950) ) and The Narrow Edge (1952). Anticipating the imminent collapse of RKO Pictures , he transferred to the film company MGM and then Walt Disney . It was there that he shot his first high-budget film “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” which made the director a name. The film with a good acting ensemble was successfully broadcast at the box office and received positive reviews from critics. Fleischer has become a specialist in large-scale productions involving expensive decorations and special effects. His subsequent works - “Vikings” (1958), “ Barabbas ” (1961), “ Fantastic Journey ” (1966) - shot in the same vein, were positively received by critics and viewers. The director’s contribution to such genres as noir and the crime film: Cruel Saturday (1955), Violence (1959), and Boston Strangler (1968) [7] is noticeable .
In recent years, he made films in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction and historical paintings. One of his last works is Conan the Destroyer, the continuation of an unfinished trilogy dedicated to the fantasy hero Conan . Another fantasy film “Red Sonja” received negative reviews from critics (earned the Golden Raspberry Award ) and did not pay back its budget. After 1990 Fleischer retired. While retired, he published several books, including the autobiography Tell Me When to Cry and memories of his father.
He died at the age of 89 in the institution for the care of the elderly film and television workers Motion Picture & Television Country House (Los Angeles). According to sources, he died in a dream of old age [8] .
In 1943 he married Mary Dixon. Three children grew up in their family [8] .
The director successfully worked in a wide genre range - from western to film fiction. The audience remembered his peculiar way of interpreting standard genres and the very free treatment of violence on the screen, which was unusual in the 1950s. Fleischer's paintings (Vikings, New Centurions) were shown at the Soviet box office [9] .
Selected Filmography
- 1948 - Bodyguard
- 1949 - Light Target
- 1949 - Follow me quietly
- 1949 - Trapped
- 1950 - Robbery of a collection vehicle
- 1951 - Woman of his dreams
- 1952 - Narrow line
- 1952 - Happy Time
- 1954 - 20,000 lees under water
- 1955 - Girl in a pink dress
- 1955 - Cruel Saturday
- 1958 - Vikings
- 1959 - Violence
- 1961 - Barabbas
- 1966 - Fantastic journey
- 1967 - Dr. Dolittle
- 1968 - Boston Strangler
- 1969 - Che!
- 1970 - Torah! Torah! Torah!
- 1971 - 10 Rillington Place
- 1972 - New Centurions
- 1973 - Green Soylent
- 1974 - Mr. Majestic
- 1979 - Ashanti
- 1980 - Jazz Singer
- 1983 - Amityville 3-D
- 1984 - Conan the Destroyer
- 1985 - Red Sonja
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/movies/27fleischer.html
- ↑ Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ Richard Fleisher on people.ru (Retrieved June 10, 2012)
- ↑ 1 2 Richard Fleischer biography / NY Times (Retrieved June 10, 2012)
- ↑ 1 2 Director Richard Fleischer obituary (Retrieved June 10, 2012)
- ↑ Died Richard Fleisher / Kommersant (Retrieved January 2, 2013)
Links
- Fleischer, Richard, Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution (University Press of Kentucky, 2005)
- Fleischer, Richard, Just Tell Me When to Cry (Carroll and Graf, 1993)