[1] Robert Krasker was born in Alexandria, Egypt during a family business trip to Europe and back and his birth was registered in Perth, Western Australia.
He moved to England in 1931 after studying art in Paris and photography in Dresden,[2] and after joining Les Studios Paramount in Joinville-le-Pont where he worked as translator and camera assistant to Philip Tannura, found work at Alexander Korda's London Films, where he became a senior camera operator.
Lean sacked him from Great Expectations in 1945 because both he and producer Ronald Neame were reportedly unhappy with his handling of the marsh scenes though accounts differ.
Krasker returned to Australia in 1951 for a vacation during a lull in his career after winning his Academy Award and to try setting up an international film production studio in Sydney,[3] and several times afterwards wrote about movies he shot.
[4] Robert Krasker's legacy during and after his lifetime is relatively unknown in Australia,[5] and 200 photographs from his personal collection were sold after his death in London to the British Film Institute (BFI).