About

Known credits:
48
Birthday:
1975-10-03
Place of birth:
Melbourne, Australia
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Greig Fraser

Overview

Greig Fraser is an Australian cinematographer. He won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the sci-fi film Dune (2021) and was also nominated for his work on Lion (2016). He is also known for Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Rogue One (2016), The Batman (2022), The Creator (2023), and Dune: Part Two (2024).

Greig Fraser studied at RMIT University in Melbourne.

For his short film Cracker Bag he was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2003 AFI Awards.

For his work on Lion, he won the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases and the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography and received Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations.

Fraser shot Rogue One on the Arri Alexa 65 large format digital camera and Panavision lenses from the 1970s, making it the first feature film shot entirely with the Alexa 65. Fraser said of working with the Alexa 65, "The images are sharper and have more resolution, and those things are an advantage, but for me it is about the depth of the image—there is a three-dimensionality to it. Often the beauty came from the texture; we found that the camera excelled when we were filming something with texture; it really enhanced the quality of the picture."

Fraser returned to the Star Wars franchise with the 2019 television series The Mandalorian. In 2020, for his work on the series, Fraser won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour).

For his work on Dune he won his first Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2022. Fraser said a feature of his work in that film was intentionally using simple compositions: "We tried to simplify the frames as much as we could. By doing that, we've been able to give the viewers that absorption of story and experience" and colour palette: "We tried quite hard to make sure that it all sat within a certain tone."

Fraser met costume designer Jodie Fried in Sydney in 2004, while they were working on a short film. After moving to the United States in 2008, they were married in a helicopter above Las Vegas. They live in Los Angeles with their three children.

Film critic Glenn Kenny has praised Fraser's work in The Batman and Dune, saying they were a "sort of stunning magic trick." "There's both a gauziness and a heft to his imagery. His use of shadow and silhouette is masterful and does so much to convey a sense of foreboding and tension." Fellow cinematographer and Academy Award winner Roger Deakins praised Fraser's work on The Batman as "extraordinary" and called Fraser's and the film's omission from being nominated in the category at the 95th Academy Awards due to the Academy's tendency to avoid superhero films "snobbery."

Critic Susan Wloszczyna praised his work on Lion, saying it was "visually poetic."

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Known for

Acting

2023 True Love: Making The Creator Actor Self 59
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2022 Vengeance in the Making Actor N/A
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2017 The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Actor Self 59
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Production

2023 The Creator Production Co-Producer 69
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Camera

2027 Untitled The Batman Sequel Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2026 Project Hail Mary Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2024 Dune: Part Two Camera Director of Photography 79
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2023 The Creator Camera Director of Photography 69
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2022 The Batman Camera Director of Photography 76
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2021 Dune Camera Director of Photography 77
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2018 Vice Camera Director of Photography 68
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2018 Mary Magdalene Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2018 Gringo Camera Additional Photography 58
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2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Camera Director of Photography 74
Good
2016 Lion Camera Director of Photography 79
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2014 The Gambler Camera Director of Photography 59
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2014 Foxcatcher Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
2013 The Captain Camera Director of Photography 59
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2012 Zero Dark Thirty Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
2012 Lore Camera Camera Operator 62
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2012 Killing Them Softly Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman Camera Director of Photography 59
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2011 Scenes from the Suburbs Camera Director of Photography 59
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2010 Let Me In Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
2009 The Boys Are Back Camera Director of Photography 59
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2009 Bright Star Camera Director of Photography 62
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2009 Last Ride Camera Director of Photography 59
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2009 Last Ride Camera Camera Operator 59
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2008 Australia Camera Second Unit Director of Photography 64
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2008 8 Camera Director of Photography 58
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2008 Netherland Dwarf Camera Still Photographer 58
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2007 To Each His Own Cinema Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2007 Spider Camera Director of Photography 60
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2007 Crossbow Camera Still Photographer 59
Average
2006 Out of the Blue Camera Director of Photography 59
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2006 Love This Time Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2005 Lucky Camera Director of Photography 59
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2005 Jewboy Camera Director of Photography 59
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2004 Marco Solo Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2004 Fuel Camera Director of Photography 59
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2003 Cracker Bag Camera Director of Photography 59
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2000 P.I.N.S Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew

2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi Crew Thanks 70
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2008 Paradise Crew Cinematography N/A
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2008 Netherland Dwarf Crew Cinematography 58
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2007 Crossbow Crew Cinematography 59
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2006 The Caterpillar Wish Crew Cinematography 58
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2006 The Water Diary Crew Cinematography 58
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