Fisher was born in a prison, where his mother was an inmate; his father died before he was born. He spent two years in an orphanage before being adopted by a family who physically and verbally abused him. When he grew up he became a security guard and then traced his birth mother.

He took a course in screenwriting and sold his first film to 20th Century Fox. He has also written or contributed to the screenplays for Finding Fish, Scout's Honor, Trigger Happy, Rush Hour and Double-O-Soul.

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African
USA
20th Century
21st Century
Literature
Theater, Broadcasting, Cinema
Multiple or Unspecified
Formal, American/European-Type Adoption
Birth or Infancy
Parent(s) in Prison or Labor Camp, Executed
Others ("Strangers")
Institutional Care
Posthumous Child (i.e., Born After Father's Death)
Adoptee/Fosteree Traced Family