Robert Fischer

Director · 85 credits · 4 in highly-rated films

Best known for Uncertain Glory (1944)

Directed movies (65 total, ranked by score)

Pure Cinema: Joe Napolitano on Brian De Palma's Body Double
2016
Documentary
31
Maternal Overdrive
2006
Documentary
32
G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
2017
Documentary
33
G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
2017
Documentary
34
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
2015
Documentary
35
Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
2018
Documentary
36
A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear'
2012
37
Outer Movement, Inner Movement
2016
Documentary
38
A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
2009
Documentary
39
Traveling Roadshow
2016
Documentary
40
Love Letters
2015
Documentary
41
Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
2006
Documentary
42
Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema
2011
Documentary
43
Real Killer, Fake Nose: Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' Remembered
2013
Documentary
44
The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter
2019
Documentary
45
Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg
2018
Documentary
46
Of Love and Constraints
2010
Documentary
47
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
2016
Documentary
48
Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš Forman
2018
Documentary
49
Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'
2010
Documentary
50
Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to America
2011
51
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
2017
Documentary
52
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
2015
Documentary
53
Ganz Berlin lacht sich kaputt: Wie die 'Berliner Ballade' entstand
2020
Documentary
54
The Making of Highlander
2006
Documentary
55
A Search For Truth: Robert C. Jones On Hal Ashby’s 'The Last Detail'
2017
Documentary
56
Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man
2021
Documentary
57
Making an American Movie
2010
Documentary
58
Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
2014
Documentary
59
Expedition Amazonia
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Documentary
60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.

Directed movies (65 total, ranked by score)

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

Maternal Overdrive

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

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

The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

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

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

Outer Movement, Inner Movement

A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders

Traveling Roadshow

Love Letters

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

Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema

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

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

Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg

Of Love and Constraints

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

Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš Forman

Erinnerungen an 'Väter und Söhne'

Before Taking Off: Milos Forman’s Road to America

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

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany

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

The Making of Highlander

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

Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man

Making an American Movie

Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'

Expedition Amazonia