
Robert Fischer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 2, 1954
- Birthplace
- Greven, Germany
Filmography

Expedition Amazonia TBA
Director
- The Fury: A Location Journal
The Fury: A Location Journal TBA
Director, Writer
- Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury' TBA
Writer, Director
- Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort
Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort TBA
Director
- Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze'
Alles auf eine Karte: Georg Feil über 'Die Katze' 2025
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
- Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze'
Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Christoph Fromm über 'Die Katze' 2025
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
- Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat
Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat 2025
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography

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

Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man 2021
Director
- Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand
Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand 2020
Director, Writer, Producer
- Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession
Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession 2019
Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Producer
- The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter 2019
Sound, Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
- Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz
Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz 2018
Writer, Director
- Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš Forman
Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš Forman 2018
Director

Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco' 2018
Producer, Camera Operator, Director, Editor, Sound, Writer
- Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'
Homay King on 'Shanghai Express' 2018
Consulting Producer
- Dietrich Icon
Dietrich Icon 2018
Consulting Producer
- Weimar on the Pacific
Weimar on the Pacific 2018
Consulting Producer

Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg 2018
Director, Camera Operator, Producer, Writer, Sound, Editor

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias 2018
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer

The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf' 2017
Writer, Director
- G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak 2017
Director
- G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak 2017
Director

Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City' 2017
Producer, Editor, Writer, Director

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

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

Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne 2017
Editor, Producer, Director, Camera Operator

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

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

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

Outer Movement, Inner Movement 2016
Director

Traveling Roadshow 2016
Director

Love/Work/Cinema: A Conversation with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss 2016
Editor, Producer

Hans Fromm on 'Phoenix' 2016
Producer, Editor
- Love Letters
Love Letters 2015
Director, Editor

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany 2015
Director, Writer
- The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal 2015
Producer, Director, Editor, Writer

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' 2015
Director, Producer, Sound, Cinematography, Writer, Editor

Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles 2014
Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
- Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora 2014
Writer, Director
- Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis' 2014
Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer

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

Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury' 2013
Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
- Real Killer, Fake Nose: Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' Remembered
Real Killer, Fake Nose: Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' Remembered 2013
Director
- Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out' 2012
Director
- Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'
Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out' 2012
Director
- Return to Philadelphia: George Litto on 'Blow Out'
Return to Philadelphia: George Litto on 'Blow Out' 2012
Director
- A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear'
A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear' 2012
Director
- Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema
Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema 2011
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes 2011
Writer, Director

Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End 2011
Director
- Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to America
Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to America 2011
Director, Writer

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited 2011
Director, Writer
- Making an American Movie
Making an American Movie 2010
Producer, Director, Writer, Sound, Editor, Camera Operator
- Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'
Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne' 2010
Producer, Writer, Director
- Of Love and Constraints
Of Love and Constraints 2010
Director
- Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern'
Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern' 2009
Producer, Editor

Working with François Truffaut: Nestor Almendros, Director of Photography 2009
Producer, Editor

Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk 2009
Writer, Cinematography, Director, Producer, Editor
- A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders 2009
Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Writer, Director
- Acting for Douglas Sirk
Acting for Douglas Sirk 2008
Producer, Director, Editor
- Working with Max Ophuls: Marc Frédérix, Assistant Decorator
Working with Max Ophuls: Marc Frédérix, Assistant Decorator 2008
Editor, Producer
- Working with Max Ophuls: Annette Wademant, Co-Writer
Working with Max Ophuls: Annette Wademant, Co-Writer 2008
Editor, Producer
- Working with Max Ophuls: Robert Christidès, Set Decorator
Working with Max Ophuls: Robert Christidès, Set Decorator 2008
Editor, Producer
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir" 2008
Editor, Producer
- Working with Max Ophuls: Tony Aboyantz, Assistant Director
Working with Max Ophuls: Tony Aboyantz, Assistant Director 2008
Producer, Editor
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde" 2008
Producer, Editor

Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde" 2008
Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound, Director

Kurosawa and the Censors 2007
as Self, Associate Producer
- Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk
Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk 2007
Director

Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence' 2007
Director
- Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood 2006
Director, Writer

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood 2006
Writer, Director
- Maternal Overdrive
Maternal Overdrive 2006
Director, Writer, Producer
- Working with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de...
Working with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de... 2006
Producer

Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir 2006
Producer

Le Plaisir: From Script to Screen 2006
Editor, Producer

Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer 2006
Producer
- Reviving Harry Lime
Reviving Harry Lime 2006
Producer

A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred Hitchcock 2006
Director

The Making of Highlander 2006
Director
- Men of Mystery
Men of Mystery 2006
Producer

Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram 2006
Director, Producer, Editor

Daniel, the Wizard 2004
as Journalist

Fassbinder in Hollywood 2002
Director, Writer

Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock 1999
Director
Credits from TMDB.