Photo: Isurus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Richard Fleischer was born on December 8, 1916 in New York City, New York, United States. Richard Fleischer was listed as a film director and screenwriter. Death is recorded on March 25, 2006, at the age of 89. Schooling on record includes Brown University. Recorded honors include Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film (1948) and Disney Legends (2003).
My Take
Richard Fleischer is one of those directors I find genuinely fascinating precisely because he never locked himself into a single lane. The son of animation legend Max Fleischer, he could have coasted on the family name, but instead he carved out his own identity across an astonishing range of genres — from the tight, claustrophobic noir of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to the brutal true-crime portrait of 10 Rillington Place to the bonkers sci-fi of Soylent Green. He won an Academy Award for documentary work back in 1948, which tells you he had a sharp eye for reality alongside the spectacle. Brown University educated, clearly a thinker, yet he never let pretension get in the way of pure entertainment. Disney Legends status in 2003 was a fitting late-career honor. He passed in 2006 at 89, and honestly, a four-decade Hollywood run that eclectic deserves way more appreciation than it gets.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Fleischer
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・フライシャー
- Reading
- りちゃーど・ふらいしゃー
- Born
- December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / director
2. Background
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 1948 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- 2003 Disney Legends
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Richard Fleischer born?
Born December 8, 1916.
When did Richard Fleischer die?
Died March 25, 2006, aged 89.
Where was Richard Fleischer from?
Richard Fleischer was from New York City, New York, United States.
What did Richard Fleischer do?
Richard Fleischer worked as film director, screenwriter, director.
Film director — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from the United States →