Steven Fischer

Steven Fischer is a two-time Emmy® nominated writer/producer/director, and two-time Fulbright grant recipient. He is noted for artful personal stories that explore the human condition.

At 17, Fischer was a working cartoonist noted for his beloved comedy team, Steve & Bluey, published as a newspaper comic strip, in two books, on television through TCI Communications, and as theatrical radio specials. Under the guidance of his mentor, producer Steve Melendez (Peanuts, Fred Basset, and the Emmy®-winning The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe), Fischer was introduced to the professional world of animation.

His film credits include the critically acclaimed animated documentary Freedom Dance with Golden Globe winner Mariska Hargitay and Old School New School with Emmy®-winning actor Brian Cox and multi Grammy® Award winner McCoy Tyner among many other internationally acclaimed artists. He is a co-producer on the award-winning feature film, Life & Deaths of Max Linder (Canal+ France, CINE+, TVP Poland).

Fischer has traveled extensively throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East serving productions for: Maryland Public Television/PBS, Oprah Winfrey Network, TV Asia, Romanian Television Network, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Nalco/Ecolab, Nextel, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Screen Arts Animation, Hollywood Stars II, and AmeriCorps among others.

He is internationally sought as a speaker on creativity, and has accepted invitations from Harvard Medical School, The University of Tokyo, Cunard, Creativity Week (Switzerland), Northwestern University (USA), International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation, Marconi Institute for Creativity (Italy), Debrecen Egyetemi Theatre Festival and the University of Debrecen (Hungary), Daikin Japan, and Kyoto Seika University (Japan).