FrameThrower · Actors · Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara
6 films · 390 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1959–2003
Born 28 August 1930 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · died 3 February 2012
Biagio Anthony Gazzarra, known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and television actor and director. His best known films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Inchon (1981), Road House (1989), The Big Lebowski (1998), Happiness (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Summer of Sam (1999), Dogville (2003) and Paris, je t'aime (2006). He was a recurring collaborator with John Cassavetes, working with him on Husbands (1970), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977).
As the star of the television series Run for Your Life (1965-1968), Gazzarra was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He won his first, and only, Emmy Award for his role in the television film Hysterical Blindness (2002).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 390 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1959–2003
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2003
- Donostia Award2005
- Theatre World Award1954
How their films are shot
Measured across 390 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ben takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Ben takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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