FrameThrower · Actors · Anna Karina
Anna Karina
8 films · 489 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1961–1976
Born 22 September 1940 · Solbjerg, Denmark · died 14 December 2019
Anna Karina was a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who spent most of her working life in France. Karina was known as a muse of the director Jean-Luc Godard, one of the pioneers of the French New Wave. Her notable collaborations with Godard include The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961) and Vivre sa vie (1962). With A Woman Is a Woman, Karina won the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival.
In 1972, Karina set up a production company for Vivre ensemble (1973), her directorial debut, which screened in the Critics' Week lineup at the 26th Cannes Film Festival. She also directed the French-Canadian film Victoria (2008). In addition to her work in cinema, she worked as a singer and wrote several novels.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 489 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1961–1976
- Silver Bear for Best Actress1961
- Knight of the Legion of Honour2017
- Bodil Honorary Award2016
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1996
How their films are shot
Measured across 489 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Anna takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 63% of their frames are day, 51% natural — the look of the work Anna takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Irene Cartis
Made in U.S.A.
1966 · Paula Nelson
Alphaville
1965 · Natacha von Braun
Pierrot Le Fou (Crazy Pete)
1965 · Marianne Renoir
Band of Outsiders (Bande à part)
1964 · Odile
Le Petit Soldat
1963 · Veronica Dreyer
Vivre Sa Vie
1962 · Nana Kleinfrankenheim
Une Femme Est Une Femme (A Woman Is a Woman)
1961 · Angela
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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