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Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

12 films · 795 frames · top-billed in 7 · 19882018

Born 21 July 1971 · London, England, UK

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English-French actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer and actor Serge Gainsbourg. She has acted in many films, including collaborations with Lars von Trier, and received two César Awards and Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award 2009 for the movie Antichrist, among many nominations.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 12 films · 795 frames · top-billed in 7 · 19882018

  • Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress2009
  • César Award for Best Supporting Actress2000
  • César Award for Best Female Revelation1985
  • César Award
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2023
  • Victoires de la Musique – Female artist of the year2018
  • Officer of Arts and Letters2016
  • Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role2014
  • Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2012
  • Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role2010
  • Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

How their films are shot

Measured across 795 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Charlotte takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 12 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Charlotte takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night37%
Interior11%

Lighting

Natural48%
Low key36%
High key12%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium41%
Closeup27%
Wide21%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral68%
Lonely16%
Tense10%

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 795 frames from Charlotte Gainsbourg's 12 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.