James Karl Fischer

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR at The Zoological Lighting Institute
Director of Development, Producer, Creative Executive, Director of Photography, Cinematographer and Author

New York City, New York

Member Since:
July 2018

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About James

Directing and Producing documentaries, anime and science shorts for The Zoological Lighting Institute, a unique NGO dedicated to supporting the sciences of light and life through the Arts for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Conservation, I have a slightly odd background with degrees in physics, architecture and critical theory. Our work stresses the role of natural light for health, safety and welfare; and is by necessity international with a particular focus in Japan, the UK, Scandinavia and Chile.

Unique traits: A film-maker with degrees in Physics (BA), Architecture (MArch) and Philosophy (PhD), I bring a unique vision to my work and appreciation for the broad value of light. Close philanthropic association with The Zoological Lighting Institute <> also gives me a purpose in my work, to improve animal welfare while supporting wildlife conservation.

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 11"

Body type:
Average

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Hazel

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Loglines

Tears of the Moon: The Oto Cycle Budget: $10M - $30M | Horror ⋄ Animation After losing her sanity and slaughtering her beloved husband, an unstable princess protects her petulant daughter at all costs in this horror adaptation of The Moon Princess folk-tale.
The Afterlife of Whales: An Inhumanities Project Budget: $10M - $30M | Animation ⋄ Drama Masking grief with a love of whales, cetologist Okijima Aiyai (Aya) struggles to support her family with dignity from a distance, in a quest that takes her around the Pacific and against the challenges of anti-Asian hate in the US.
The Green Year: An Inhumanities Project Budget: $10M - $30M | Animation ⋄ Drama The lynched Tom Robinson’s son Sam leaves the segregated American South to complete a birder’s big year across Brazil, Liberia, and the United Kingdom.
Fear of Faith: An Inhumanities Project Budget: $10M - $30M | Animation ⋄ Drama Bullied Matagi born Kuma-kun manages his teddy bear phobia by working with real bears, while helping his widowed father transition from the end of a storied baseball career.
Infertility: An Inhumanities Project Budget: $10M - $30M | Animation The Píngfēn twins grow ever more alike, as grief drives their obsessions with shark fin soup, sex, and decay in the waters of Hong Kong.
Night Bloomers: An Inhumanities Project Budget: $10M - $30M | Animation A loving Ethiopian-born daughter helps her family survive by any means necessary, while preventing pesticides from poisoning the land of their new Sicilian home.
Appu & Arriba: : An Inhumanities Project Budget: $10M - $30M | Animation Appu & Arriba tells of Noriko Santiago’s quest to bring her senile grandfather to the turtle filled beaches of his youth.