Robbie Fraser is a Scottish film maker. He has made documentaries about the Scottish poet

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, the Scottish mountaineer

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, and had made two documentaries about the work of Scottish photojournalist David Pratt: '' Pictures from Afghanistan'' and '' Pictures from Iraq''.

Career

In 2016, with producer Alasdair MacCuish, Fraser made a documentary about Scottish poet

. In 2018, he produced ''Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes'', documentary about the misdiagnosis and psychogeriatric detainment of Scottish mountaineer

. Fraser learned of MacInnes' memory loss only after filming started. Fraser founded Dulcimer Films in 2019. In 2020, with funding from

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, and Terranoa (French film company), Fraser directed and produced '' Pictures from Afghanistan'' about the work of photojournalist David Pratt. In 2022, he co-directed with David Pratt on filming both '' Pictures from Iraq'' and the not yet released ''Pictures from the Balkans''.

Personal life

Fraser is based in

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, Scotland.

References

External links

* Robbie Fraser,
How Ukrainian film crews are adapting to the reality of war
', ''ScreenDaily'', 2 April 2022
Dulcimer Films, official website
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