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Greig Fraser

(1975) Cinematographer

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Greig Fraser is a cinematographer.

Quick Facts About Greig Fraser

Born: October 3, 1975
Profession: Cinematographer

About Greig Fraser

[Wikidata] Australian cinematographer... | [Wikipedia] 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 additionally known for his work on The Batman (2022), The Mandalorian (2020), Rogue One (2016), The Creator

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It's either some sort of a kismet or something that I've been offered a film like 'Zero Dark Thirty,' which I would…

Be the first

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My daughter is a bit annoyed with me that she didn't get to meet Baby Yoda.

Annoyed

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I did 'Vice' with Christian Bale and 'Foxcatcher' with Steve Carell - both of those films had significant prosthetic work. You do…

Cinema

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Trying to capture the essence of India is almost like trying to bottle magic, which is hard to do because India is…

Chaos

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A lot of the time, what happens is, when you shoot in L.A., you tend to be able to do things faster,…

Believe

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I'm a firm believer, and some people may disagree, and I'm happy to have a beer with them and talk about it,…

Beer

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Robert Pattinson is an incredibly gifted actor. Every role that Pattinson plays is a contender for an acting award.

Acting

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The difference between a good shot and bad shot can be an inch to the left.

Bad

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As a DP who mostly does features, I'm normally in a director's pocket, 24/7.

Director

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Doing a 'Star Wars' TV show could be prohibitively expensive because 'Star Wars' requires a lot of prop building and a lot…

Building

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Rubber looks different to skin and it's very, very hard to make a prosthetic on a human look convincing if you don't…

Hard

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There's always the temptation, as a cinematographer, to make the shot look as perfect as possible.

Look

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Where we shot in India, you could literally dump the camera off the back of the truck and you'd have an amazing…

Amazing

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I'm confident that the wrong cinematographer on a project can very much derail the mood and the feeling on set when you're…

Create

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Every single discussion I have with a first AD, or producers, is time of day. I can't begin to tell you how…

Day

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I remember borrowing my mum's Instamatic 110 camera as a kid and doing still lifes of tennis balls and benches and thinking…

Amazing

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Emotionally, light very much influences, I feel, the audience. It's not something that most audience members are conscious of, which is a…

Control

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I've spent a lot of time in India. When I was a young cinematographer, I was completely enthralled by the color, the…

Hard

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Effectively, as a cinematographer, I am always on the lookout for a project that makes me want to go to the cinema.

Always

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Some of the films I've been most happy with have been the films that don't see a lot of traction.

Been

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If you go into a studio without a set effectively, you've got a blue screen. As a DP you have to light…

Blue

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The reason I loved doing films like 'Rogue One,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'Lion' was that there was enough breadth and difference…

Cinema

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The real kudos need to go to my family, who have supported my crazy filmmaking dreams - from Melbourne, to L.A., England…

Crazy

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Whether you're shooting in India or on the Death Star, you're doing human drama.

Death

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This is the good thing about commercials, is one week I'm working with Derek Cianfrance and the next week I'm working with…

Another

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