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Leon Schlesinger

1884 - 1949

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Leon Schlesinger ( SHLESS-in-jər; 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 1933, when Schlesinger assumed production from his subcontractors, Harman and Ising, to 1944, when Warner acquired the studio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Schlesinger is the 89th most popular producer (down from 72nd in 2019), the 10,294th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,318th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Leon Schlesinger ranks 89 out of 140. Before him are Lou Pearlman, Norman Granz, Brian Grazer, Steven Bochco, Mark Ronson, and Michael Patrick King. After him are Elizabeth Avellán, Elías Querejeta, Sam Zimbalist, Walter Mirisch, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Gauri Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Leon Schlesinger ranks 240. Before him are Lars Christensen, Har Dayal, Nora Barnacle, George Goulding, Alma Gluck, and C. H. Dodd. After him are John James Shepherd, Harvey Fletcher, Thomas Blamey, Carl Kempe, Sig Ruman, and James Cruze. Among people deceased in 1949, Leon Schlesinger ranks 176. Before him are Jack Lovelock, John Neville Keynes, Gregory Mathews, Clarence Kingsbury, Frank Fetter, and Sidney Olcott. After him are Elmer Clifton, Herbert Stothart, Philip Herbert Cowell, William Nicholson, Flora Drummond, and James Truslow Adams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leon Schlesinger ranks 10,296 out of 20,380. Before him are Pam Shriver (1962), Tara Westover (1986), Sue Carol (1906), Marguerite De La Motte (1902), Roky Erickson (1947), and Howard Hanson (1896). After him are Jason Kidd (1973), Riley Keough (1989), Sylvia Rivera (1951), James Corson (1906), Magic Sam (1937), and Norman Kerry (1894).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Leon Schlesinger ranks 51. Before him are Gary Kurtz (1940), Lou Pearlman (1954), Norman Granz (1918), Brian Grazer (1951), Steven Bochco (1943), and Michael Patrick King (1954). After him are Walter Mirisch (1921), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1957), Lauren Shuler Donner (1949), Arnold Kopelson (1935), Scott Rudin (1958), and Rick Berman (1945).

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