---
name: "Walt Fraser"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/walt-fraser"
fi1m_id: "walt-fraser"
imdb_id: "nm0292258"
tmdb_id: 1877802
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:09:46.386462+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."
---

# Walt Fraser

## Identity

Walt Fraser

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/walt-fraser
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** walt-fraser
- **IMDb ID:** nm0292258
- **TMDB ID:** 1877802
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292258/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1877802

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1985–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Arlene Sanford](https://film.one/person/arlene-sanford.md), [John David Coles](https://film.one/person/john-david-coles.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 52 (1), 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $300m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292258/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1877802

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Walt Fraser is an American cinematographer and camera operator. He began his career in the camera department, working as second assistant camera on *Rocky IV* (1985) and *The Running Man* (1987), and as camera operator on *Anaconda* (1997).

Fraser later served as director of photography on numerous television series. His credits include episodes of *The West Wing* (1999), *Desperate Housewives* (2004), *My Name Is Earl* (2005), *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), *Raising Hope* (2010) and *The Real O'Neals* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Rocky IV* (1985), Fi1m 52, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Anaconda* (1997), Camera Operator
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Director of Photography
- *The Running Man* (1987), Second Assistant Camera
- *Rocky IV* (1985), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-iv.md)

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