Max Fleischer
Born to a Jewish family in Kraków, Poland, Max Fleischer was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. Max (and his brother, director Dave Fleischer) such animated classics as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye, and Superman. Fleischer also invented a device to simplify animation by tracing images from live action film onto cels, the rotoscope.
