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Carmen Maura

Carmen Maura

7 films · 444 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19802006

Born 15 September 1945 · Madrid, Spain

Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 444 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19802006

  • Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress2006
  • César Award for Best Supporting Actress2012
  • Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress2007
  • Goya Award for Best Actress2000
  • Goya Award for Best Actress1990
  • Goya Award for Best Actress1988
  • Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise2015
  • Platino Honorary Award2022
  • European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award2018
  • Donostia Award2013
  • Medalla de Oro2009
  • Silver Shell for Best Actress2000

How their films are shot

Measured across 444 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Carmen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 41% natural — the look of the work Carmen takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day42%
Interior7%

Lighting

Natural41%
Low key35%
High key20%

Shot size

Medium55%
Closeup20%
Wide14%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle9%

Mood

Neutral71%
Tense16%
Lonely6%

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 444 frames from Carmen Maura's 7 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.