Robert Fischer

Known for

• Daniel, the WizardJournalist1.6
• Fassbinder in HollywoodDirector, Writer
• Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. HitchcockDirector
• Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to HollywoodDirector, Writer
• The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' RevisitedDirector, Writer
• The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 RevisitedDirector
• Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other UtopiasDirector, Writer
• Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'Director
• Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander PayneDirector
• Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep EndDirector
• Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'Writer, Director
• The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'Director, Writer

Filmography

1. TBAWill He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern ComfortFilm: Director
2. TBASpinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'Film: Writer, Director
3. TBAThe Fury: A Location JournalFilm: Director, Writer
4. TBAExpedition AmazoniaFilm: Director
5. 2025Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the CatFilm: Director, Writer
6. 2025Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'Film: Director, Writer
7. 2025Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'Film: Director, Writer
8. 2024Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou RevisitedFilm: Director, Writer
9. 2021Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking ManFilm: Director
10. 2020Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstandFilm: Director, Writer
11. 2019Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent ObsessionFilm: Writer, Director
12. 2019The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian FighterFilm: Writer, Director
13. 2018Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of AlcatrazFilm: Writer, Director
14. 2018Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš FormanFilm: Director
15. 2018Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von SternbergFilm: Director, Writer
16. 2018Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'Film: Director, Writer
17. 2018Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other UtopiasFilm: Director, Writer
18. 2017The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'Film: Director, Writer
19. 2017G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher HorakFilm: Director
20. 2017G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher HorakFilm: Director
21. 2017Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'Film: Writer, Director
22. 2017A Search For Truth: Robert C. Jones On Hal Ashby’s 'The Last Detail'Film: Director
23. 2017Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander PayneFilm: Director
24. 2017About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'Film: Director
25. 2016Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’Film: Director
26. 2016Pure Cinema: Joe Napolitano on Brian De Palma's Body DoubleFilm: Director
27. 2016The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 RevisitedFilm: Director
28. 2016Traveling RoadshowFilm: Director
29. 2016Outer Movement, Inner MovementFilm: Director
30. 2015Love LettersFilm: Director
31. 2015Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in GermanyFilm: Director, Writer
32. 2015The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on BaalFilm: Writer, Director
33. 2015Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'Film: Writer, Director
34. 2014Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson WellesFilm: Director, Writer
35. 2014Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's FedoraFilm: Writer, Director
36. 2014Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'Film: Writer, Director
37. 2013Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire RevisitedFilm: Director, Writer
38. 2013Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'Film: Director, Writer
39. 2013Real Killer, Fake Nose: Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' RememberedFilm: Director
40. 2012Return to Philadelphia: George Litto on 'Blow Out'Film: Director
41. 2012Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'Film: Director
42. 2012Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'Film: Director
43. 2012A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear'Film: Director
44. 2011Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet CinemaFilm: Writer, Director
45. 2011'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted ScenesFilm: Writer, Director
46. 2011Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep EndFilm: Director
47. 2011The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' RevisitedFilm: Director, Writer
48. 2011Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to AmericaFilm: Writer, Director
49. 2010Making an American MovieFilm: Director, Writer
50. 2010Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'Film: Director, Writer
51. 2010Of Love and ConstraintsFilm: Director
52. 2009Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas SirkFilm: Director, Writer
53. 2009A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison AndersFilm: Writer, Director
54. 2008Acting for Douglas SirkFilm: Director
55. 2008Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"Film: Writer, Director
56. 2007Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas SirkFilm: Director
57. 2007Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'Film: Director
58. 2006Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to HollywoodFilm: Director, Writer
59. 2006Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in HollywoodFilm: Director, Writer
60. 2006Maternal OverdriveFilm: Director, Writer
61. 2006A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred HitchcockFilm: Director
62. 2006Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das MelodramFilm: Director
63. 2006The Making of HighlanderFilm: Director
64. 2004Daniel, the WizardFilm: Journalist
65. 2002Fassbinder in HollywoodFilm: Director, Writer
66. 1999Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. HitchcockFilm: Director