Leon Schlesinger

Leon Schlesinger

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Production

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1884-05-20

  • Day of Death

    1949-12-25 (65 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation. He was a distant relative of the Warner Brothers. As head of his own studio, Schlesinger served as the producer of Warner's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1930, when Schlesinger assumed production from his subcontractors, Harman and Ising, to 1944, when Warner acquired the studio.

Known For

Crew