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Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

5 films · 469 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19672022

Born 9 December 1941 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7, 2003, for his contributions to the television industry. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.

In 1948, he had an uncredited role in Force of Evil, and No Minor Vices, while in 1949, he played in the film The Red Pony. In the 1962–1963 television season, he and his brother, Jeff, appeared on their father's series, The Lloyd Bridges Show.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 469 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19672022

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1997
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1993
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1992
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame2003

How their films are shot

Measured across 469 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Beau takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work Beau takes.

Time of day

Day50%
Night31%
Interior9%
Golden hour8%

Lighting

Natural58%
Low key21%
High key10%
Chiaroscuro7%

Shot size

Medium37%
Closeup23%
Wide19%
Establishing15%

Camera angle

Eye level78%
High angle10%
Low angle7%
Top down4%

Mood

Neutral72%
Tense12%
Lonely5%

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 469 frames from Beau Bridges's 5 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.