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Bill Hader

Bill Hader

14 films · 1,052 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20092019

Born 7 June 1978 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

William Thomas Hader Jr. is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning two.

Hader's initial success was for his eight-year stint (2005–2013) as a cast member on the long-running NBC variety series Saturday Night Live, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 1,052 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20092019

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series2019
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series2018

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,052 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Bill takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 14 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Bill takes.

Time of day

Day45%
Night37%
Interior12%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Natural47%
Low key28%
High key23%

Shot size

Medium55%
Wide19%
Closeup16%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle7%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral67%
Tense9%
Lonely7%
Chaotic5%

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

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,052 frames from Bill Hader's 14 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.