Max Fleischer

Max Fleischer July 19 1883 September 11 1972 was an Polish Jewish American animator inventor film director and producer Fleischer was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop Koko the Clown Popeye and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innovations including the Rotoscope Wikipedia