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Filmmaker

Greig Fraser

Greig Fraser, ASC ACS is a multi-award-winning Australian cinematographer with an internationally celebrated career. Most recently, Fraser wrapped on the film Project Hail Mary, for MGM, directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, scheduled for release in 2026. 


Fraser’s most recent films include Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, of which he won an Oscar for best cinematography, as well as Dune Part 2. His work on Matt Reeve’s The Batman, was nominated for multiple awards including the BAFTAs, the ASCs and the BSCs. Fraser was instrumental to the development of the Disney+ flagship series The Mandalorian. Created by Jon Favreau, the first Star Wars television series saw Fraser implementing a new way of film making, by using a video game engine to render special effects into the studio in real time. 


He won the 2020 Emmy award for best cinematography for this on Episode 7. Fraser previously contributed to the Star Wars franchise with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first standalone film. Working closely with director Gareth Edwards, Fraser opted to shoot the space opera with legendary Panavision 70mm lenses married to Arri’s Alexa 65. Fraser’s work in Lion won the Golden Frog at Camerimage, the American Society of Cinematographers award for Best Cinematography, an Oscar nomination for the 2017 Best Cinematography Academy Award®, a BAFTA nomination and the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Best Cinematography award. Starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, the film is based on Saroo Brierley’s autobiography A Long Way Home, following the author’s journey to find his Indian family after being adopted in Australia. 


Previously, Fraser was behind the camera on: Vice, the powerful story of former Vice President Dick Cheney, played by Christian Bale; Garth Davis’ Mary Magdalene, starring Rooney Mara as Mary and Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus; and Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, which received five Oscar nominations and won the American Film Institute Award for Best Film. 


Fraser is the recipient of numerous other accolades. He won the New York Film Critics’ Circle Award for Best Cinematographer for Kathryn Bigelow’s Academy Award nominated Zero Dark Thirty, while he was named Australian Cinematography Society’s Cinematographer of the Year for his work on director Jane Campion’s Bright Star. Bright Star also earned him the Australian Film Institute (AFI) award for Best Cinematography and the British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement. Fraser received further AFI Best Cinematography accolades for his work on Last Ride and Tony Krawitz’ Jewboy, as well as a nomination for his work on Cracker Bag. 


Other films to benefit from Fraser’s expertise include: Killing Them Softly; Snow White and the Huntsman; Let Me In, the adaption of Swedish vampire novel Let the Right One In; The Boys are Back; and The Last Ride. His craftsmanship also appears in numerous commercials, including for the likes of Xbox, DirecTV, Nike, Subaru and Cadbury Schweppes. Fraser is based in Los Angeles, California, but holds a special place in his heart for Australia

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8 Feb 2025

In Conversation with Oscar-winner Greig Fraser

12:30 pm

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