Robbie Fraser is a Scottish film maker. He has made documentaries about the Scottish poet
Hamish Henderson
(James) Hamish Scott Henderson (11 November 1919 – 9 March 2002) was a Scotland, Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier.
Henderson was a catalyst for the folk revival in Scotland. He was also an accomplished folk s ...
, the Scottish mountaineer
Hamish MacInnes
Hamish MacInnes (born McInnes; 7 July 1930 – 22 November 2020) was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, and author. He has been described as the "father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland". He is credited w ...
, and had made two documentaries about the work of Scottish photojournalist
David Pratt: ''
Pictures from Afghanistan
''Pictures from Afghanistan'' is a 2020 documentary by Robbie Frazer that follows the work of Scottish journalist and war photographer David Pratt as he revisits the locations in Afghanistan that he reported on in the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War.
...
'' and ''
Pictures from Iraq
''Pictures from Iraq'' is a 2022 documentary by Scottish filmmaker Robbie Fraser and Scottish photojournalist David Pratt that follows Pratt revisiting locations in Iraq that he reported during 1991, and during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Plot ...
''.
Career
In 2016, with producer Alasdair MacCuish, Fraser made a documentary about Scottish poet
Hamish Henderson
(James) Hamish Scott Henderson (11 November 1919 – 9 March 2002) was a Scotland, Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier.
Henderson was a catalyst for the folk revival in Scotland. He was also an accomplished folk s ...
.
In 2018, he produced ''Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes'', documentary about the misdiagnosis and
psychogeriatric detainment of Scottish mountaineer
Hamish MacInnes
Hamish MacInnes (born McInnes; 7 July 1930 – 22 November 2020) was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, and author. He has been described as the "father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland". He is credited w ...
. Fraser learned of MacInnes' memory loss only after filming started.
Fraser founded Dulcimer Films in 2019.
In 2020, with funding from
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, employing approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. BBC Scotla ...
,
BBC Persia,
Screen Scotland
The Moving Image Archive is a collection of Scottish film and video recordings at the National Library of Scotland, held at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. There are over 46,000 items within the collection, and over 2,600 of these are publicly a ...
, and Terranoa (French film company), Fraser directed and produced ''
Pictures from Afghanistan
''Pictures from Afghanistan'' is a 2020 documentary by Robbie Frazer that follows the work of Scottish journalist and war photographer David Pratt as he revisits the locations in Afghanistan that he reported on in the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War.
...
'' about the work of photojournalist David Pratt.
In 2022, he co-directed with
David Pratt on filming both ''
Pictures from Iraq
''Pictures from Iraq'' is a 2022 documentary by Scottish filmmaker Robbie Fraser and Scottish photojournalist David Pratt that follows Pratt revisiting locations in Iraq that he reported during 1991, and during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Plot ...
'' and the not yet released ''Pictures from the Balkans''.
Personal life
Fraser is based in
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
, 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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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Scottish directors
Scottish documentary filmmakers
Mass media people from Glasgow