As per our current Database, Bud Fraker has been died on 2 July, 2002 at San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
When Bud Fraker die, Bud Fraker was 86 years old.
| Popular As | Bud Fraker |
| Occupation | Camera and Electrical Department |
| Age | 86 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 12, 1916 (Pennsylvania, USA) |
| Birthday | May 12 |
| Town/City | Pennsylvania, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Bud Fraker’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Bud Fraker was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Bud Fraker was born in 1916 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He became interested in photography and decided to go California to pursue a career. In 1934 he studied photography at Los Angeles City College and began working part-time at the Columbia Studios stills laboratory under his brother William 'Bill' Fraker, who was the director of the department.
Following his brother's death, Fraker was hired by Hollywood photographer A. L. 'Whitey' Schafer at Columbia. Soon after he became the Director of Still Photography at Columbia Studios and took many photos of the stars in the late 1930s.
He moved on from there with Schafer in 1942 to work for Paramount studios in the Publicity Photography Department and assisted in the portrait gallery. Upon Schafer's death he became the studio's Director of Still Photography, which he did in the 1940s to the 1960's.
Among the films he did still photography on included "Twentieth Century," with Carole Lombard, "King Creole" with Elvis Presley and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with Audrey Hepburn. He took the famous portrait photos of her with the long cigarette holder, Tiffany diamond jewelry and black dress.
As a matter of fact, although he photographed many of Paramount's top stars, his most enduring work records Audrey Hepburn during the production of her first two films as a star, 'Roman Holiday' (1953) and 'Sabrina' (1954).
After that he decided to leave Paramount and he began doing freelance work for other studios while running his own photo lab. He retired in 1979. He passed away in 2002.
