Fraser started to work as camera operator in the late 1970s on projects such as the western comedy Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys (1978, working with Michael E. Little and Randy Nolen), the comedy Night Patrol (1984), the horror thriller Hunter's Blood (1986, cinematography by Thomas F. Denove), the sport comedy Penitentiary III (1987, working with Patric J. Abaravich), the action film Code Name: Zebra (1987, cinematography by Thomas F. Denove), the thriller D.O.A. (1988), the horror film Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990), and the television comedy series Sledge Hammer! (1986).