Gerald Fisher BSC (23 June 1926 – 2 December 2014) was an English cinematographer whose career in British and international film spanned more than five decades. In 2008 he was awarded the BSC Lifetime Achievement Award.
Fisher served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War before entering the film industry in 1946 as a clapper boy at Riverside Studios. He progressed through the camera department, working as a camera assistant and focus puller before becoming a camera operator. During his time at Shepperton Studios, he worked with cinematographers including John Wilcox BSC, Ted Scaife BSC, Max Greene BSC and Bob Krasker BSC.
He became a director of photography in the 1960s, making his feature cinematography debut with Joseph Losey's Accident (1967). Fisher subsequently photographed several films for Losey, including The Go-Between (1971), Don Giovanni (1979) and The Romantic Englishwoman (1975).
Other major credits included The Offence (1973), Brannigan (1975), Aces High (1976), Monsieur Klein (1976), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), The Holcroft Covenant (1985), Highlander (1986) and Running on Empty (1988).
Fisher received BAFTA nominations for Best Cinematography for The Go-Between and Aces High. He was also nominated for the César Award for Best Cinematography for Monsieur Klein. Aces High was additionally nominated for the BSC's feature-film cinematography award.
He was appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 1997. Fisher died in Reading, Berkshire, on 2 December 2014, aged 88.