FrameThrower · Actors · Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin
4 films · 307 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1993–1994
Born 3 November 1954 · Taipei, Taiwan
Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen.
She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 307 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1993–1994
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress1990
How their films are shot
Measured across 307 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Brigitte takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 68% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Brigitte takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 307 frames from Brigitte Lin's 4 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.