- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Ashman Fraker
- Nickname
- Bill
- William A. Fraker was born on September 29, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Bullitt (1968), WarGames (1983) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). He was married to Denise Fraker. He died on May 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseDenise Fraker(? - May 31, 2010) (his death)
- He was a perfectionist who would go to great lengths to get the shot he wanted. During the filming of Bullitt (1968), he shot chase-scene footage while strapped to the front of a Mustang going 100 mph.
- William Fraker's maternal grandmother brought his mother and aunt to Los Angeles riding a mule all the way from Mazatlan, Mexico, in 1910. She became a photographer for Monroe Studios in downtown Los Angeles and taught her son-in-law, William's father, how to take pictures, who later became a still photographer for Columbia Pictures, where he ran the gallery at the studio from 1927 until 1934, when he died at an early age following a bout with pneumonia. His uncle, Bud Fraker, was also a still photographer for Columbia Pictures, and later for Paramount Pictures.
- Made an Honorary Member of the Society of Operating Cameramen (SOC), an organization in which he was a founding supporter.
- He attended USC on the GI Bill.
- He served in the US Navy in the Pacific in WWII.
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