William A. Fraker
William A. Fraker ( born September 29, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, † May 31, 2010 ) was an American cinematographer, director and film producer.
Life
Fraker grew up in Hollywood, served during the Second World War in the United States Navy and attended after the war, the film school at University of Southern California, where he later taught himself.
In the 1960s, he was cinematographer of such influential films as Rosemary's Baby or Bullitt. In 1977 he was nominated the first of six times for an Academy Award; one of them for the visual effects of 1941 -. Which way leads to Hollywood
In 1970, Fraker with the staging of Western Monte Walsh his debut as a director. Three years later, the horror film A Reflection of Fear, 1981, he turned with The Legend of the Lone Ranger again a Western. Subsequently, he worked as a director for several television series in the late 1980s until the early 1990s.
In 2000 he was honored with an award for his life's work by the American Society of Cinematographers, which he was president from 1979 to 1980, 1984, and 1991 to 1992.
Private
He is survived by his wife Denise.