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Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler

2 films · 89 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20152024

Born 16 September 1971 · Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Amy Poehler is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

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Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 89 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20152024

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Podcast2026
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy2014
  • Entrepreneur in Entertainment Award2019
  • MTV Movie Award for Best Jaw Dropping Moment2009
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 89 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Amy takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 41% of their frames are interior, 51% high key — the look of the work Amy takes.

Time of day

Interior41%
Night36%
Day20%

Lighting

High key51%
Low key40%
Natural9%

Shot size

Wide55%
Medium30%
Closeup10%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level74%
High angle14%
Low angle10%

Mood

Neutral57%
Tense14%
Chaotic13%
Ominous7%

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 89 frames from Amy Poehler's 2 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.