Invented the ground-breaking Frazier Lens System that revolutionized the film industry. It allowed the foreground and background of an image to be in focus at the same time and won him an Oscar in the late 1990s.
In 2021 he published his autobiography "Through the Lens a Macro View of Jim Frazier".
Was awarded a Hall of Fame position at the Australian Cinematographers Society in 1998 in recognition of his work and contribution to the industry.