Robert Fischer

Biography

Career Overview

Robert Fischer has 182 screen credits in a career dating back to 2002. Signature works include Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort, Expedition Amazonia, Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 182
Birth Date: 1954-10-02 00:00:00
Birth Place: Greven, Germany

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Walter Hill (1 collaborations)
Fiona Lewis (1 collaborations)
Sam Irvin (1 collaborations)
Jean-Pierre Kalfon (1 collaborations)
Pascal Bonitzer (1 collaborations)
Jacques Rivette (1 collaborations)
Antoine de Baecque (1 collaborations)
Sylvie Pierre (1 collaborations)
Jack Arnold (1 collaborations)

Credits

directing (60 credits)
- Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Expedition Amazonia
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- The Fury: A Location Journal
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2020
- The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2019
- Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš Forman
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- A Search For Truth: Robert C. Jones On Hal Ashby’s 'The Last Detail'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Pure Cinema: Joe Napolitano on Brian De Palma's Body Double
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Traveling Roadshow
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Outer Movement, Inner Movement
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Love Letters
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Real Killer, Fake Nose: Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' Remembered
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Return to Philadelphia: George Litto on 'Blow Out'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- 'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to America
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Making an American Movie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- Of Love and Constraints
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Acting for Douglas Sirk
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Maternal Overdrive
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred Hitchcock
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- The Making of Highlander
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Fassbinder in Hollywood
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
writing (32 credits)
- Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2026
- The Fury: A Location Journal
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2024
- Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2020
- The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2019
- Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2017
- Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2017
- Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2015
- The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2015
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2015
- Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2014
- Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2014
- Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2014
- Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2013
- Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2013
- Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2011
- 'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2011
- The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2011
- Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to America
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2011
- Making an American Movie
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2010
- Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2010
- A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2008
- Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Maternal Overdrive
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Fassbinder in Hollywood
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2002
production (41 credits)
- Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2020
- The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2019
- Dietrich Icon
  
  consulting producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Weimar on the Pacific
  
  consulting producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'
  
  consulting producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2017
- Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2017
- A Search For Truth: Robert C. Jones On Hal Ashby’s 'The Last Detail'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2017
- Love/Work/Cinema: A Conversation with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Hans Fromm on 'Phoenix'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2013
- Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2011
- Making an American Movie
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2010
- Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2010
- Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern'
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- Working with François Truffaut: Nestor Almendros, Director of Photography
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- Acting for Douglas Sirk
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Annette Wademant, Co-Writer
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Tony Aboyantz, Assistant Director
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Robert Christidès, Set Decorator
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Marc Frédérix, Assistant Decorator
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Kurosawa and the Censors
  
  associate producer
  
  production
  
  2007
- Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Maternal Overdrive
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Le Plaisir: From Script to Screen
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Working with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de...
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Reviving Harry Lime
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Men of Mystery
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
camera (7 credits)
- The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2019
- Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2018
- Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2018
- Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2017
- Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2014
- Making an American Movie
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2010
- Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2008
editing (31 credits)
- The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2019
- Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2018
- Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2018
- Budd Boetticher on the Ranown Cycle
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2018
- Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2018
- Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2017
- Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2017
- Love/Work/Cinema: A Conversation with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2016
- Hans Fromm on 'Phoenix'
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2016
- Love Letters
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2015
- The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2015
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2015
- Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2014
- Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2014
- Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2013
- Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2011
- Making an American Movie
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2010
- Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern'
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2009
- Working with François Truffaut: Nestor Almendros, Director of Photography
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2009
- A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2009
- Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2009
- Acting for Douglas Sirk
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Annette Wademant, Co-Writer
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Tony Aboyantz, Assistant Director
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Robert Christidès, Set Decorator
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Marc Frédérix, Assistant Decorator
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Le Plaisir: From Script to Screen
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2006
- Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2006
sound (6 credits)
- The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
  
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2019
- Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg
  
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2018
- Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
  
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2018
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
  
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2015
- Making an American Movie
  
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2010
- Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"
  
  sound
  
  sound
  
  2008
crew (3 credits)
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2015
- A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2009
- Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2009
actors (2 credits)
- Kurosawa and the Censors
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Daniel, the Wizard
  Journalist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004