Robb Fischer has signed with STORY for exclusive national representation as a commercial director. Fischer is known for directing spots that feature emotional storytelling, and for strong visuals. He has already wrapped his first two projects for STORY, a Kemps ice cream commercial and a seven-spot package for healthcare educator Sanford-Brown.
Joining STORY marks the first time that Fischer, who is also an established cinematographer, has had a formal affiliation with a production company for directing work. Previously, he was an independent director and DP. His credits include recent campaigns for Citgo, Element Mobile and Wisconsin Tourism (with Monk star Tony Shalhoub), as well as a PSA for the Candies Foundation featuring Bristol Pailin.
Fischer also directed a campaign for the Belize Tourism Board that included a 14-day shoot in the Central American country. A public service announcement that he directed for the City of Milwaukee Health Department on the dangers of mothers “co-sleeping” with their infant children was recently featured in Communication Arts magazine. Fischer also has an extremely extensive list of DP credits including several Super Bowl spots for Go Daddy.
As a director, Fischer’s strength is in recreating real-life situations, often while working with real people. His work for Citgo, for example, presents an affectionate portrait of Milford, Connecticut, and includes vignettes involving a Café, a barber shop and a high school football game.
Fischer calls his style “controlled documentary.” “I like the feel and the magic of home movies, things that are found and not staged,” he explained. “I’m always striving for that.”
The Kemps Ice Cream spot that he directed for STORY and Minneapolis agency Periscope features a cow taking a tour of Lambeau Field in Green Bay. A trained bovine was brought into the stadium and, after touring a sky box, viewing the Packers’ four Super Bowl trophies and Hall of Fame memorablia, grazes on the perfectly manicured sacred grass of Lambeau.
The seven spots for Sanford-Brown tell the personal stories of seven individuals whose lives were transformed after attending the college. The spots were cut at STORY’s edit arm The Whole Story with editor Brian Clark.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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