FrameThrower · Actors · Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks
10 films · 1,026 frames · top-billed in 6 · 2003–2023
Born 10 February 1974 · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Banks is an American actress, producer and director. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She went on to direct, write, produce, and star in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019). She also directed and produced the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 1,026 frames · top-billed in 6 · 2003–2023
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year2020
- Crystal Award2017
- CinemaCon2015
- MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Transformation2015
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival2014
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director2013
- CinemaCon2013
- MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Transformation2012
- Max Mara Face of the Future Award2009
- Women in Film Honors2009
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,026 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Elizabeth takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 41% of their frames are night, 45% natural — the look of the work Elizabeth 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.
Migration
2023 · Pam Mallard (voice)
Call Jane
2022 · Joy
Brightburn
2019 · Tori Breyer
Love & Mercy
2014 · Melinda Ledbetter
Definitely, Maybe
2008 · Emily
Meet Dave
2008 · Gina Morrison
Charlie's Angels
2019 · Boz
Pitch Perfect
2012 · Gail Abernathy-McKadden
The Hunger Games
2012 · Effie Trinket
Seabiscuit
2003 · Marcela Howard
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,026 frames from Elizabeth Banks's 10 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.