Roger Fritz (born 22 September 1936 in Mannheim & died 26 January 2021 in Munich) trained as a baker. From 1954, he assisted the photographer Herbert List. As a professional photographer, Fritz won the Photokina prize in Cologne in 1954 and 1956. He worked for magazines such as Stern, Quick, the French Vogue, Bunte, and many others. Later, he was a co-founder of the magazine Twen.

Fritz also acted in films such as „Boccaccio 70“ with Romy Schneider and Sophia Loren in 1962. He lived abroad in places including Rome and New York before producing his first own short film, „Zimmer im Grünen“, in 1961. His first feature film, „Mädchen, Mädchen“ from 1967, was a commercial success. The lead actress, Helga Anders, won the German Film Award for it, whom Fritz married in 1967.

Klaus Löwitsch received the German Film Award in 1969 for his subsequent film „Mädchen mit Gewalt“.

Fritz directed and starred in numerous other films, for example alongside Stefania Casini in „Sonne der Gerechtigkeit“ (1971). He also worked together on several films with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

He was seen multiple times on German television in the 1970s, 1980s and 2000s, for example in „Berlin Alexanderplatz“ (1980), „Tatort“ (1983), „Ein Fall für Zwei“ (1986), „Der Fahnder“ (1991), „Natalie-Die Hölle nach dem Babystrich“ (1997), „Nicht mit uns“ (2000), „Daniel-Der Zauberer“ (2004).

Roger Fritz lived and worked primarily in Munich, mainly as a contemporary photographer.