Overview

When it came to filmmaking, Richard Fleischer had big shoes to fill. His father, Max, was one of America's most influential animators. However, Richard ultimately grew to find his own passion not via the animator's pencil but the director's chair. After garnering an Academy Award for Best Documentary with Design for Death (1948), Fleischer became known for an eclectic mix of pictures such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Doctor Dolittle (1967), The Boston Strangler (1968), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Soylent Green (1973), and Conan the Destroyer (1984), directing such luminaries as Orson Welles, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Joan Collins, Lee Marvin, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Richard Fleischer: Journeyman, author Jason A. Ney reveals how Fleischer navigated Hollywood's shifting standards, kept a good-humored outlook on his career, and earned lasting appreciation from those who worked with him. In addition to drawing on Fleischer's archived personal papers, Ney conducted original interviews with his family members as well as dozens of his professional collaborators, giving this book a behind-the-scenes feel. This comprehensive biography is the story of a genre-spanning director, a son of a pioneering animator, and a multifaceted man whose art continues to influence filmmakers today.

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Author:   Jason A. Ney ,  Eddie Muller
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
Imprint:   The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN:  

9781985904323

ISBN 10:   1985904322
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   12 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Foreword_x000D_ Introduction_x000D_ Chapter 1_x000D_ Chapter 2_x000D_ Chapter 3_x000D_ Chapter 4_x000D_ Chapter 5_x000D_ Chapter 6_x000D_ Chapter 7_x000D_ Chapter 8_x000D_ Chapter 9_x000D_ Chapter 10_x000D_ Chapter 11_x000D_ Chapter 12_x000D_ Chapter 13_x000D_ Chapter 14_x000D_ Chapter 15_x000D_ Chapter 16_x000D_ Chapter 17_x000D_ Chapter 18_x000D_ Chapter 19_x000D_ Chapter 20_x000D_ Chapter 21_x000D_ Chapter 22_x000D_ Chapter 23_x000D_ Chapter 24_x000D_ Chapter 25_x000D_ Chapter 26_x000D_ Chapter 27_x000D_ Chapter 28_x000D_ Chapter 29_x000D_ Chapter 30_x000D_ Chapter 31_x000D_ Chapter 32_x000D_ Chapter 33_x000D_ Chapter 34_x000D_ Chapter 35_x000D_ Chapter 36_x000D_ Chapter 37_x000D_ Acknowledgements_x000D_ Bibliography_x000D_ References

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Jason A. Ney lives in Colorado with his wife and four children. His writing has appeared in several anthologies and magazines, and he has contributed dozens of audio commentaries to home media releases of films from Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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