studied literature in Zurich and acting in London. As a coach, she combines her experience in text analysis with classical Method Acting and the technique of Movement Psychology.
With actors, writers, and directors Barbara explores the inner and outer lives of characters, their motivations and development, and how they come alive on screen.
Over the years she has prepared actors for more than 30 films in Switzerland and abroad.
In 2023 Barbara Fischer and Giles Foreman were jointly awarded the Schweizer Filmpreis for their contribution to Swiss Films.
Barbara is a guest lecturer at the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in London and Paris, at ZHdK, EICAR Paris, and for FOCAL.
Barbara owes her techniqueto the legendary teachers of the "Drama Centre London": Christopher Fettes and Reuven Adiv. The Drama Centre brought "the Method" to England and fused it with the groundbreaking technique of "Character Analysis" or "Movement Psychology" (based on Rudolf von Laban and Yat Malmgren). It is this Combination which laid the foundation for the careers of Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff, Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Helen McCrory, Regé-Jean Page, Gwendoline Christie among many others.
In the second generation, it is Giles Foreman who continues the tradition at his School of Acting, of which Barbara was a cofounder. Under the name “Giles Foreman Centre for Acting” it has established itself internationally as a leading training center for Method Acting and Movement Psychology.
