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Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

15 films · 1,080 frames · top-billed in 12 · 19932024

Born 14 April 1973 · New York City, New York, USA

Adrien Nicholas Brody is an American actor and visual artist. Prolific in both independent films and blockbusters, he has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for three Emmy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people.

Brody started his career in the early 1990s, taking roles in King of the Hill (1993), The Thin Red Line (1998), and Summer of Sam (1999).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 15 films · 1,080 frames · top-billed in 12 · 19932024

  • Academy Award for Best Actor2025
  • Academy Award for Best Actor2003
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama2024
  • César Award for Best Actor2003
  • Time 1002025
  • Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble2008
  • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor2002
  • Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor2002
  • Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture1999

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,080 frames from the 15 films we hold. This is the look of the work Adrien takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 15 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 41% natural — the look of the work Adrien takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night37%
Interior7%

Lighting

Natural41%
Low key37%
High key15%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium44%
Wide24%
Closeup19%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
Low angle7%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense17%
Lonely10%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,080 frames from Adrien Brody's 15 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.