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- Birth nameWilhelm Oskar Fischinger
- Oskar Fischinger was born on June 22, 1900 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. He was a director, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), Orgelstäbe (1927) and A Quarter Hour of City Statistics (1933). He was married to Elfriede Fischinger. He died on January 31, 1967 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- SpouseElfriede Fischinger(1932 - January 31, 1967) (his death, 5 children)
- Most of Fischinger's filmmaking attempts in America suffered difficulties. He composed An Optical Poem (1937) to Franz Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody for MGM, but received no profits due to studio bookkeeping systems. He designed the J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor sequence for Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940), but quit without credit because Disney altered his designs to be more representational.
- Brother of filmmaker Hans Fischinger.
- German painter and pioneer animator. He was noted for his abstract films synchronized to music, and for being the "Father of Visual Music." He worked on the special effects for Fritz Lang's sci-fi classic Woman in the Moon (1929), moving to Hollywood in February 1936. He designed concept drawings for the Johann Sebastian Bach 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor' sequence for Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940), but quit without credit before its completion as his designs had been altered to be more representational.
- He was labeled "degenerate" by the Nazis for his experimental abstract animated short films.
- In the 1950s, Fischinger created several animated TV advertisements, including one for Muntz TV.
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