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Greig Fraser

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Greig Fraser

Filmmaker
Australian·b. 1975·Website ↗
Known for:
Oscar-winning cinematographer specializing in large-format digital capture, vintage optics, and LED virtual production
Education:
RMIT University, Melbourne

Greig Fraser is an Australian cinematographer who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Dune (2021), with additional nominations for Lion (2016) and Dune: Part Two (2024). He studied at RMIT University in Melbourne and has worked with Denis Villeneuve, Kathryn Bigelow, Matt Reeves, and Gareth Edwards. He helped develop ILM's StageCraft LED virtual production system for The Mandalorian and shot the Giedi Prime sequences of Dune: Part Two using infrared cinematography. His filmography ranges from large-scale franchise work (Star Wars, Dune, The Batman) to smaller dramas like Lion and Bright Star. He shot Project Hail Mary (2026) on the ARRI ALEXA 65 with custom ARRI Rental anamorphic lenses mounted sideways to fill the IMAX 1.43:1 frame.

Greig Fraser's Gear List(9)

ARRI ALEXA 65

ARRI

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Primary camera on Dune: Part Two (2024), Rogue One (2016), and Project Hail Mary (2026). For PHM, custom ARRI Rental anamorphic lenses were mounted sideways on the camera to fill the IMAX 1.43:1 frame
with vertical squeeze.

Product description

Large-format 65mm digital cinema camera with a 54.12 x 25.59mm sensor, available exclusively through ARRI Rental. Used on Rogue One, Dune: Part Two, Solo, and Project Hail Mary.

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ARRI ALEXA LF

ARRI

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Primary camera on Dune (2021); "We used the entire sensor every single time"

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Large-format digital cinema camera with a 36.70 x 25.54mm sensor. Used on Dune, The Batman, and The Mandalorian.

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ARRI ALEXA Mini LF

ARRI

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Complementary camera on Dune and Dune: Part Two

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Large-format digital cinema camera pairing the compact ALEXA Mini body with a full-frame sensor. First used on 1917 (2019), also used on Dune and Dune: Part Two.

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Panavision Ultra Vista Lenses

Panavision

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Large-format anamorphic lenses on Dune (2021)

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Large-format anamorphic lenses built for Panavision's Millennium DXL2 and compatible large-format cameras.

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Sony

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Shot The Creator (2023) on 8 bodies in a lightweight, mobile setup

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Compact full-frame cinema camera in a mirrorless body. Greig Fraser used 8 of them to shoot The Creator (2023) in a lightweight, mobile setup.

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Kowa Cine Prominar 75mm

Kowa

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95% of The Creator (2023) shot on this single vintage lens

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Vintage Japanese cinema lens rehoused by P+S Technik. Greig Fraser shot 95% of The Creator (2023) on this single lens.

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ARRI ALEXA
ARRI ALEXA

ARRI

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Shot Zero Dark Thirty (2012) on the ARRI ALEXA for director Kathryn Bigelow.

Product description

Introduced in 2010, the ARRI ALEXA is a digital cinema camera that rapidly became the industry standard for high-end film and television production. Its large-format sensor and proprietary ALEV color science produced an image quality that many cinematographers considered closer to film than any preceding digital system. It has been used to shoot Academy Award-winning films including Gravity, Birdman, and Parasite.

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Viltrox EPIC 135mm T2.4 1.33X Anamorphic Cine Lens

Viltrox

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Fraser shot Project Hail Mary (2026) primarily on the Viltrox EPIC 135mm anamorphic, rotating the lens 90 degrees to combine full-frame IMAX coverage with anamorphic widescreen characteristics. The vertical blue streak flares produced by this setup became a defining visual element of the film.

Product description

Full-frame anamorphic cine lens in PL mount with a 1.33x squeeze ratio. The 135mm focal length and T2.4 aperture place it in telephoto portrait territory for large-format cinema cameras. Part of Viltrox's EPIC anamorphic series, which produces vertical blue streak flares characteristic of anamorphic glass.

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Viltrox LUNA 42–420mm T5.6 10X LPL Zoom Lens

Viltrox

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For selected sequences of Project Hail Mary (2026), Fraser used the Viltrox LUNA 42-420mm zoom on an ARRI Alexa 65, supplementing the anamorphic work with the zoom's extended focal length range.

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A 10x parfocal cinema zoom in LPL mount covering 42mm to 420mm at T5.6. Designed for large-format cameras including the ARRI Alexa 65, it spans wide-angle through super-telephoto in a single lens, eliminating lens changes during extended takes.

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