FrameThrower · Actors · Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
3 films · 231 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2018–2023
Born 21 February 1969 · San Francisco, California, USA
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
She has appeared in numerous films, including Men of Honor (2000), Undercover Brother (2002), Ray (2004), Freedomland (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), The Help (2011), The Birth of a Nation (2016), and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Oracene Price in the sports drama King Richard (2021).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 231 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Aunjanue 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, 57% of their frames are day, 61% natural — the look of the work Aunjanue takes.
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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
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