Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “One doesn’t come out of the womb wanting to be a cinematographer,” says Greig Fraser, the go-to director of photography for such helmers as Garth Davis, Matt Reeves, Denis Villeneuve and more.
Fraser has swiftly become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after cinematographers after receiving critical acclaim for his work on “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Dune: Part One, “Dune: Part Two” and “The Batman.” Variety is honoring him as a Billion Dollar Cinematographer at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
He has also become one of the most influential DPs, especially to aspiring filmmakers and film lovers alike. “You learn about filmmakers,” he says. “I remember being 7 or 8, writing a script about a war film, and we had some toy guns and army jackets, and we thought, ‘Why can’t we make it?’” he says over the phone as he walks home from a shoot in the U.K.
on a warm summer evening. One problem: He and his friends didn’t own a camera. “There was this youthful ignorance of why can’t we just make a movie?
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