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Robert Fischer

Directing

Born October 2, 1954 · Greven, Germany

61 films as director · Active 1999–2024

Known for

Daniel, the Wizard

Daniel, the Wizard

2004

Kurosawa and the Censors

Kurosawa and the Censors

2007

Directed(61)

Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited

2024Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited

Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man

2021Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man

2020Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand

2019The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter

2018Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz

Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg

2018Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

2018Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias★ 5.5

Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'

2018Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'

2018Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš Forman

A Search For Truth: Robert C. Jones On Hal Ashby’s 'The Last Detail'

2017A Search For Truth: Robert C. Jones On Hal Ashby’s 'The Last Detail'

Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne

2017Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne★ 7.0

Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'

2017Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'

2017G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak

2017G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak

The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'

2017The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'★ 7.0

About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'

2017About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'

Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’

2016Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’

Pure Cinema: Joe Napolitano on Brian De Palma's Body Double

2016Pure Cinema: Joe Napolitano on Brian De Palma's Body Double

Traveling Roadshow

2016Traveling Roadshow

The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited

2016The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited★ 6.3

Outer Movement, Inner Movement

2016Outer Movement, Inner Movement

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

2015Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'★ 5.0

2015The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

2015Love Letters

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany

2015Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany

2014Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'

Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles

2014Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles

2014Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora★ 6.0

2013Real Killer, Fake Nose: Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' Remembered

Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'

2013Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'

Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

2013Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

2012Return to Philadelphia: George Litto on 'Blow Out'

2012Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'★ 7.0

2012Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'

2012A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear'

2011Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

2011The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited★ 6.5

Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End

2011Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End★ 9.0

2011Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to America

'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes

2011'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes

2010Of Love and Constraints

2010Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'

2010Making an American Movie

Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

2009Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

2009A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders

2008Acting for Douglas Sirk

Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"

2008Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"

2007Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk★ 5.3

Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'

2007Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'★ 6.0

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

2006Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood★ 8.0

Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram

2006Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram

2006Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood

A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred Hitchcock

2006A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred Hitchcock★ 7.0

The Making of Highlander

2006The Making of Highlander

2006Maternal Overdrive

Fassbinder in Hollywood

2002Fassbinder in Hollywood★ 6.1

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock

1999Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock★ 6.8

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

—The Fury: A Location Journal

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

Expedition Amazonia

—Expedition Amazonia

Acting(2)

2007Kurosawa and the CensorsSelf

2004Daniel, the WizardJournalist

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