FrameThrower · Actors · Elsa Martinelli
Elsa Martinelli
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1962–1965
Born 30 January 1935 · Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy · died 8 July 2017
Elsa Martinelli was an Italian fashion model and actress. Known for appearing in both European and American films, her popularity peaked in the 1960s when she was considered a formidable rival to "Hollywood Italian imports" Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Claudia Cardinale.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1962–1965
- Silver Bear for Best Actress1956
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Elsa takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day — the look of the work Elsa takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Elsa Martinelli's 2 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.