Robert Asher (1919 – 1979) was a British film and television director.
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Asher began his career as an assistant director in 1934, working with Anthony Pelissier, Robert Hamer, Maurice Elvey and Roy Ward Baker among others. During World War II he worked on such films such as When We Are Married (1943), Medal for the General (1944) and Waltz Time (1945).
Asher became a solo director with the Norman Wisdom vehicle Follow a Star (1959). He followed John Paddy Carstairs as the overseer of the Wisdom films, concluding in 1966 with Press for Time. The 1965 Morecambe and Wise film The Intelligence Men, Wisdom's The Early Bird (also 1965) and the 1960 crime caper farce Make Mine Mink are among his other credits.
In the late 1960s, Asher began working in television, directing episodes of ITC Entertainment productions including The Champions, The Saint, The Prisoner and The Avengers.
His brother Jack Asher was an acclaimed British cinematographer.