- 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 1941 (1979). He was married to Denise Fraker. He died on May 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseDenise Fraker(? - May 31, 2010) (his death)
- Parents
- 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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