# Greig Fraser

Greig Fraser is an Australian cinematographer.
He received the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Dune (2021) and two other nominations for 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. Despite forming an interest in photography at an early age, Fraser discovered that videography was perhaps a medium he felt more passion for as he started harnessing his skills along with his first feature documentary as Cinematographer, P.I.N.S., which released in 2000.

## 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.

## Critical reception

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".

## Filmography
### Feature film

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2005 | Jewboy | Tony Krawitz | |
| 2006 | The Caterpillar Wish | Sandra Sciberras | |
| 2006 | Out of the Blue | Robert Sarkies | |
| 2009 | Bright Star | Jane Campion | |
| 2009 | Last Ride | Glendyn Ivin | |
| 2009 | The Boys Are Back | Scott Hicks | |
| 2010 | Let Me In | Matt Reeves | |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Andrew Dominik | |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders | |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow | |
| 2014 | Foxcatcher | Bennett Miller | |
| 2014 | The Gambler | Rupert Wyatt | |
| 2016 | Lion | Garth Davis | |
| 2016 | Rogue One | Gareth Edwards | |
| 2018 | Mary Magdalene | Garth Davis | |
| 2018 | 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

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2002 | First Love | Bronwyn Schmerl | |
| 2003 | Forbidden | Jeremy Angerson Nadja Kostich | |
| 2003 | Cracker Bag | Glendyn Ivin | |
| 2003 | Fuel | Nash Edgerton | |
| 2004 | Marco Solo | Adrian Bosich | |
| 2005 | Lucky | Nash Edgerton | |
| 2005 | Stranded | Stuart McDonald | |
| 2006 | Love This Time | Rhys Graham | |
| 2006 | The Water Diary | Jane Campion | Segment of 8 |
| 2007 | The Lady Bug | Jane Campion | Segment of To Each His Own Cinema |
| 2007 | Crossbow | David Michôd | |
| 2007 | Spider | Nash Edgerton | |
| 2008 | Netherland Dwarf | David Michôd | |
| 2008 | Theo huong den ma di (The Fading Light) | Thien Do | |
| 2009 | The Life | Rupert Sanders | |
| 2011 | Scenes from the Suburbs | Spike Jonze | |
| 2013 | Greatness Awaits | Rupert Sanders | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Episodes | Ref. |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian | Dave Filoni Deborah Chow | "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" "Chapter 3: The Sin" "Chapter 7: The Reckoning" (With Baz Idoine); Also credited as co-producer on season 1 | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Title | Result |
| 2016 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Lion | Nominated |
| 2021 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2024 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Dune: Part Two | Nominated |
| 2016 | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Lion | Nominated |
| 2021 | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2022 | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | The Batman | Nominated |
| 2016 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Lion | Won |
| 2021 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2022 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | The Batman | Nominated |
| 2024 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Dune: Part Two | Nominated |
Other awards
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
| 2009 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Bright Star | Nominated |
| 2012 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Cinematographer | Zero Dark Thirty | Won |
| 2012 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Zero Dark Thirty | Nominated |
| 2012 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Cinematography | Zero Dark Thirty | Nominated |
| 2012 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Zero Dark Thirty | Nominated |
| 2016 | AACTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Lion | Won |
| 2021 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2021 | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2021 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2021 | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2021 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Dune | Won |
| 2021 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Dune | Nominated |
| 2021 | Florida Film Critics Circle | Best Cinematography | Dune | Nominated |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Dune | Nominated |
| 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | Best Cinematography | Dune | Nominated |
| 2021 | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Dune | Nominated |
| 2021 | Critics Choice Association | Best Cinematography | Dune | Nominated |
| 2022 | British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography | The Batman | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | The Batman | Nominated |
| 2022 | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | The Batman | Nominated |