FrameThrower · Actors · Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
6 films · 413 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1968–2004
Born 19 June 1930 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA · died 14 August 2024
Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands was an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 413 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1968–2004
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film1988
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama1975
- Silver Bear for Best Actress1978
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2003
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1992
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1987
- Academy Honorary Award2016
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association2014
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming2004
- Seattle International Film Festival1999
- National Board of Review of Motion Pictures1996
- Sundance Film Festival1994
How their films are shot
Measured across 413 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Gena takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Gena 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 413 frames from Gena Rowlands's 6 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.