Alex Fraser Dies: Former Red Arrow, Sky & IMG Media Exec Was 54

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Alex Fraser, the former Red Arrow Studios, Sky Vision and IMG Media executive, has died aged 54. The acquisitions and distribution specialist had cancer and passed away earlier this month at home in London.

Fraser was a well-known face on the international circuit, working senior roles at Red Arrow Studios International (now Seven.One Studios International) and Sky Vision (now part of Sky Studios) in London.

His primarily skill as a dealmaker was financing European co-productions in both scripted and unscripted. Over a career lasting nearly 25 years, Fraser ran his own consultancy, AMF Consulting, and held several key posts at major distributors.

Earlier in his career, he held roles at Eagle Rock Entertainment and IMG Media, where he met the likes of industry veteran Henrik Pabst, who later hired him as EVP Acquisitions & Content Investment at ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s Red Arrow Studios International. “I met Alex 20 years ago at IMG Media and from minute one, he was supportive and welcoming, which helped me a lot and started our friendship,” said Pabst. “Alex was one of these rare souls, very funny and cynically sharp, yet with a heart of half of the size of his body.