Kit Fraser

Kit Fraser is an English director of photography (D.O.P.), known for his breathtaking cinematography in “Possum” (2018), directed by Matthew Holness Born on 1st January 1975 in Whitstable, Kent, Engl >> Read More... . His passion for cinematography kindled when his school provided him the grant to construct a new media center at the age of 15. He graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Film & TV with specialization in cinematography from the Westminster Film School, London, where he shot numerous dramatic short films. His career started as a camera assistant while he was still in college and he got the opportunities to work some of the world’s best cinematographers, including Andrew Dunn, Slavomir Idziak and Henry Braham. He graduated in 2005 and started working as a DOP. He was soon hired by Arri Crew, a company that provides freelance technicians and crew for film & TV industry, and was its youngest cinematographer. His first project on television was Channel 4’s “Dubplate Drama” (2005).

He later worked with the crew of films “Love Me Still” (2008) and “The Heavy” (2010). He was acknowledged for his contributions by the British Society of Cinematographers and Kodak (which featured him as a “Rising Star”). In the next decade, Kit lit up the short films “Two & Two” (2012) (which was nominated for the best short film category at BAFTA) and “Boxer on the Wilderness” (2014) (for which he was nominated for best cinematography at the British Independent Film Festival). He next shot the horror thriller “Under the Shadow” (2016), directed by Babak Anvari. The film won BAFTA for Outstanding Debut, BIFAs for Best Actress, Debut Director and Screenplay and was listed among the Best Foreign Films at the Oscars. In 2018, Possum won Fraser the Best Cinematography award at the Brooklyn Film Festival.

Besides shooting for films and television, Kit has also shot TV commercials and advertisements for major global brands like Gucci, Vogue, Lancome, SJP and Dunhill. Fraser’s career took him all around the world and presented him with the most beautiful of scenarios to capture on his camera. However, there were also some dangerous ones, one of which, he said in an interview, was shot in Indonesia. The scene involved a lot of guns, which is thrilling to see in a movie but in reality, Kit later found out, those guns were real and even loaded with live ammunition. When he enquired the director as to why actual weapons were being used, he was told that no fake armory was available in the mountains where they were shooting and the crew had had to hire a local mafia gang for the purpose.