---
name: "Robert Fraisse"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-fraisse"
fi1m_id: "robert-fraisse"
imdb_id: "nm0005709"
tmdb_id: 2596
wikidata_id: "Q978222"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T07:38:03.994206+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Fraisse

## Identity

Robert Fraisse

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-fraisse
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-fraisse
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005709
- **TMDB ID:** 2596
- **Wikidata ID:** Q978222
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fraisse_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005709/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2596

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1940 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1940, Paris, France
- **Active:** 1998–2004
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 75 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fraisse_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005709/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2596

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ronin*](https://film.one/film/ronin.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robert Fraisse is a French cinematographer born in Paris in 1940. He began working in the industry in the early 1960s and served as director of photography on dozens of feature films through to the mid-2010s.

Fraisse received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography for his work on *The Lover* (1992). He collaborated repeatedly with director Jean-Jacques Annaud on films including *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997) and *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), and with Nick Cassavetes on *The Notebook* (2004) and *Alpha Dog* (2006). Other credits include *Ronin* (1998), *Hotel Rwanda* (2004) and *The Other Woman* (2014).

He won Silver and Golden Frog awards at Camerimage for *Vatel* (2000) and was nominated for a César Award for *The Lover*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, compleatseanbean.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Notebook* (2004), Fi1m 74, as Buyer #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Ronin* (1998), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Other Woman* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Girl on a Bicycle* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Le Chef* (2012), Director of Photography
- *A Pain in the Ass* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Goodbye Bafana* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Valet* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Alpha Dog* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *The Notebook* (2004), as Buyer #1 · Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)
- *Luther* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Tempo* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Vatel* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Season's Beatings* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Ronin* (1998), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)
- *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Keys to Tulsa* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Ghost with Driver* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Wings of Courage* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Citizen X* (1995), Director of Photography
- *A Crime* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Strangers* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Lover* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Catwalk* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Spiral* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Châteauroux district* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Private Tuition* (1986), Director of Photography
- *The Telephone Always Rings Twice* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Twin* (1984), Director of Photography
- *L'Addition* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Singles* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Lady Chatterley's Lover* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Asphalt* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Private Collections* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Last Romantic Lover* (1978), Cinematography
- *One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Madame Claude* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman* (1975), Director of Photography
- *The Story of O* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Emmanuelle* (1974), Camera Operator
- *The Exchange Student* (1967), Camera Production Assistant
- *The Trial* (1962), Second Assistant Camera
- *Le Pangolin*, Director of Photography
- *Rendez-vous*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1993: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Lover*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Silver Frog 2000: Silver Frog (won), for *Vatel*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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