Greig Fraser facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Greig Fraser
Fraser in 2022
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater	RMIT University
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2000–present
Organization	Australian Cinematographers Society American Society of Cinematographers
Spouse(s)	Jodie Fried ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	3

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

Early life and education

Greig Fraser studied at the RMIT University in Melbourne.

Career

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 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 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."

Personal life

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.

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2000	P.I.N.S.	Garth Davis	Documentary; Co-cinematographer with Garth Davis
2005	Jewboy	Tony Krawitz
2006	The Caterpillar Wish	Sandra Sciberras
	Out of the Blue	Robert Sarkies
2009	Bright Star	Jane Campion
	Last Ride	Glendyn Ivin
	The Boys Are Back	Scott Hicks
2010	Let Me In	Matt Reeves
2012	Killing Them Softly	Andrew Dominik
	Snow White and the Huntsman	Rupert Sanders
	Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow
2014	Foxcatcher	Bennett Miller
	The Gambler	Rupert Wyatt
2016	Lion	Garth Davis
	Rogue One	Gareth Edwards
2018	Mary Magdalene	Garth Davis
	Vice	Adam McKay
2021	Dune	Denis Villeneuve
2022	The Batman	Matt Reeves
2023	The Creator	Gareth Edwards	with Oren Soffer; Also credited as co-producer
2024	Dune: Part Two	Denis Villeneuve
2026	Project Hail Mary	Phil Lord Christopher Miller	Post-production

Short film

Television

Awards and nominations

Other awards

See also

In Spanish: Greig Fraser para niños