FrameThrower · Actors · Ann Magnuson
Ann Magnuson
3 films · 273 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1983–2002
Born 4 January 1956 · Charleston, West Virginia, U.S
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ann Magnuson is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer who first gained prominence in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. The New York Times described her as "An endearing theatrical chameleon who has as many characters at her fingertips as Lily Tomlin does".
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How their films are shot
Measured across 273 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ann takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Ann takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
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 273 frames from Ann Magnuson's 3 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.