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Fisher Stevens Biography

Birth Name:Stevens Fisher

Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession Actor, Producer, Director, Music department, Camera department, Writer, Cinematographer

Fast Facts

Studied drama at the HB Studio in New York City
Moved to New York as a teen to pursue an acting career
Acting teacher Dan Fauci lost the lease to his teaching studio, so he built a stage in the living room of Stevens' loft
At the age of 14, his first professional theatrical production was playing Harry in the musical version of "A Christmas Carol․"
Co-founded Naked Angels Theater Company with friends Rob Morrow, Nicole Burdette, Pippin Parker, Charles Landry, Nancy Travis and Ned Eisenberg in 1986
His film debut was in the 1981 horror film "The Burning․"
Played Edgar Allen Poe on musician Lou Reed's album "The Raven․"
While skiing with friends Rob Morrow and Chad Low, got lost and had to be rescued

Awards

2002Gold Hugo-New Directors Competition: nominated
2002Prize of the City of Setúbal-: winner
2002Open Palm Award-: nominated
2007IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated
2009Pare Lorentz Award-: nominated
2010Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: winner
2010Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: winner
2010Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: winner
2010PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
2014Audience Award-: nominated
2015Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: nominated
2016Golden Eye-: nominated
2016Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director (TV/Streaming): nominated
2016Hollywood Film Award-Documentary of the Year: winner
2016Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
2016Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: nominated
2016People's Choice Award-Documentary: nominated
2017Cinema for Peace Award-International Green Film Award: nominated
2017Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: nominated
2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming: nominated
2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking: nominated
2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: nominated
2021PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: nominated
2022Saturn Award-Best Guest-Starring Performance in a Network/Cable Television Series: nominated
2022Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
2024Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
2024Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program: nominated
2024Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: winner