- Nickname
- Juano
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Juan Fischer is currently one of the few teachers and acting coaches in the world who was formally trained to teach Lee Strasberg's method. He was taught by one of Lee's protégées, renowned actress and teacher Elaine Aiken. He studied with her for 7 years, making him part of a thespian tradition that started with Constantin Stanislavsky. After studying with the Russian master, Richard Boleslavsky founded 'The American Laboratory Theater' in New York City, where Lee Strasberg learned Stanislavsky's system. Thanks to this method, The Actors Studio transformed the acting style and technique worldwide.
"El Séptimo Cielo" (New York, 1999) was Fischer's first feature film, as well as his debut as a producer, director and screenwriter. El Séptimo Cielo" won the Best Colombian Film award at The Bogotá International Film Festival, in 2000, and was awarded a grant for post-production from the Ministry of Culture, in 1997.
His second feature film "Buscando a Miguel", received the following awards:
Audience Award - Sydney Latin American Film Festival, 2008
Audience Award - Cinesul, Rio de Janeiro, 2008
Best Actor - Laura García - Beijing Film Festival, 2009
Best Actor- Laura García - Big Apple Latin Awards, 2009
Best Screenplay - Juan Fischer, Tomislav Novakovic - Big Apple Latin Awards, 2010
In 2019, with the production of Martin Sherman's original play 'Bent', Juan founded the theater company Espacio Privado, receiving critical and audience acclaim.
In 2020, Juan continues to write projects, teach acting in group settings and coach actors.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Juan Fischer
- Held down jobs as waiter, fisherman, lived in the jungle in Colombia, where he survived working as a sawyer in the Chocó jungle. In NYC, Juan held jobs as bike messenger, construction and demolition worker, truck driver, gondolier, assistant director at the Public Theater.
- Studied at the Berlin at the Berlin Transform Theater, in NYC at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, The New School, School of Visual Arts and Elaine Aiken Actors Conservatory, were he was trained to teach acting by Elaine Aiken.
- Acting experience in Germany, Colombia and the US. Nominated as Best Young Actor for lead role in Colombian TV series.
- Producer, Director, coach and teacher. In 2019 he founded Espacio Privado, a theater company, that produced Bent in 2019.
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