Robert Fischer

Biography

Career Overview

Robert Fischer has 202 screen credits in a career dating back to 2002. Signature works include Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat, Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze', Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'. 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

202

Birth Date

1954-10-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

Greven, Germany

Known For

• Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat
• Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'
• Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'
• Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession
• Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort
• Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'

Frequent Collaborators

• Walter Hill (1 collaborations)
• Fiona Lewis (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (64 credits)

  • Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Expedition Amazonia

    director

    directing
    2026
  • The Fury: A Location Journal

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'

    director

    directing
    2025
  • 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
  • Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession

    director

    directing
    2019
  • 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 (36 credits)

  • Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • The Fury: A Location Journal

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat

    writer

    writing
    2025
  • Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'

    writer

    writing
    2025
  • Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'

    writer

    writing
    2025
  • 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
  • Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession

    writer

    writing
    2019
  • 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

• crew (6 credits)

  • Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat

    cinematography

    crew
    2025
  • Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'

    cinematography

    crew
    2025
  • Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'

    cinematography

    crew
    2025
  • 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

• editing (35 credits)

  • Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat

    editor

    editing
    2025
  • Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'

    editor

    editing
    2025
  • Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'

    editor

    editing
    2025
  • Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession

    editor

    editing
    2019
  • 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

• production (45 credits)

  • Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat

    producer

    production
    2025
  • Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'

    producer

    production
    2025
  • Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'

    producer

    production
    2025
  • Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand

    producer

    production
    2020
  • Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession

    producer

    production
    2019
  • 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 (8 credits)

  • Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession

    camera operator

    camera
    2019
  • 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

• 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

• actors (2 credits)

  • Kurosawa and the Censors

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Daniel, the Wizard

    Journalist

    actor

    actors
    2004