FrameThrower · Actors · Andy Lau
Andy Lau
2 films · 134 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2002–2004
Born 27 September 1961 · Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Andy Lau Tak-Wah is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, presenter, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. The media refer to Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau, Leon Lai Ming and him as the Cantopop Four Kings (四大天王).
For his contributions, a wax figure of Lau was unveiled on 1 June 2005 at the Madame Tussauds Hong Kong. He also entered into Guinness World Records for "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist". By April 2000, he had already won a total unprecedented 292 awards.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 134 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2002–2004
- Bronze Bauhinia Star2016
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award2013
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor2011
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor2004
- Medal of Honour
How their films are shot
Measured across 134 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Andy 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, 68% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Andy takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 134 frames from Andy Lau'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.