Dune Part 2, The Batman, Academy Award-Winning Cinematographer Greig Fraser

Greig Fraser, ACS, ASC, (born 3 October 1975) is an Australian cinematographer who studied at the RMIT University.
His most well-known work includes the films Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Lion (2016), Rogue One (2016), Vice (2018), Dune (2021), The Batman (2022) and The Creator (2023).
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."
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[@ramenm_]

The Batman was criminally snubbed at the Oscars, one of the most beautifully shot films of the year. Fraser is a great talent

[@CraftyWizard23]

Word.

[@connornyhan]

Deakins literally said it was the best cinematography of 2022.

[@OrionInSpace]

This guy has a legit chance to be one of the next big cinematographers of all time. His work has been outstanding!!

[@grahamwhite1154]

Greig Fraser is one of the greatest working today!

[@logantamlyn9727]

Wow this is a big guest. Such a massive fan of Greig, it's him and Deakins 1a and 1b for me.

[@jonfraserdop]

Im so happy to see Greig here! He’s a massive inspiration. Definitely bring more cinematographers and other departments on the podcast! Love this!

[@NicoEss]

Couldn’t click this fast enough. I absolutely love Greg Fraser. Seems like every time I like the way a film looks it ends up being Greg Fraser.

[@quisewilliams22]

I've been telling people about this man for years. One of my favorite working cinematographers! Great interview!

[@OliverTheRicketts]

This is such a great interview. Greig's perspective on being a cinematographer in general is fascinating. In many ways he IS the front man of Dune, and the Batman. One of the first things people reference when they discuss those films is the cinematography.

[@loganastrup6870]

My favorite cinematographer working today! His work is beautiful and can't wait to see Dune part 2! Also just got my tickets for the dune part 1 re release in IMAX next week so this is a good day!

[@jediknighthoe]

Great get!!! Very good chance he goes down as one of the greatest of all time

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This is insane. Clicked so instantly!!!! Thanks so much for being able to get people like Greg on the show, I’m so pumped!!

[@beltenebrosgr1904]

Amazing interview... Great cinematographer and thinker... Thank you!

[@joshg8545]

One of the best in the business, so good.

[@agustinorero1668]

I love Greig Fraser´s work. Rogue One is the best looking Star Wars film ever, and Dune is just phenomenal, i´ll never forget the first time I watched it on IMAX.

[@MasonOfLife]

Truly an artist and incredible talent!

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This is gold dust

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Enjoy the show!

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At 55:38 I don't know how Greg Frasier had the willpower to hold back from geeking out about the filming of "the black and white" parts

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Even the lighting in his webcam is elite lol

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Epic interview

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Excited for this one

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He’s right. Dune 2 is mind blowing

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Great conversation. This was very informative and enjoyable.

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I love The John Campea show and RMB you are fantastic at this and man am I happy I stumbled across this! This was so great. He is an amazing talent and what a great interview. Thanks for doing this one!

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Thanks for watching. Very much appreciate the kind words!

[@KameronMcQueen]

Fantastic interview

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Great episode. Thoroughly enjoyed thanks

[@ethanstechworld207]

We are witnessing the next Roger Deakins before our very film loving eyes.

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Great interview. One of many

[@nickr104]

Great interview!!

[@miguelfmyers]

Awesome

[@miggyacos1833]

Easily one of the best cinematographers.

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Greg is fantastic.

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Man get this guy on the next Star Wars trilogy

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My favorite mom story is when my mom watched me in a movie action scene after she had a chance to meet the well-known actor in the scene with me and her only comment was “I don’t want to meet that man he kept punching you in the face. He’s nasty hurting you like that.”

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Yay!!!!

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Yes Batman should have gotten a nod.

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DUNE 2 OMG!!!

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What an absolute get of an interview.

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Fantastic interview