FrameThrower · Actors · George Carlin
George Carlin
3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1989–1991
Born 12 May 1937 · New York City, New York, USA · died 22 June 2008
George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. Carlin was noted for his black humor as well as his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a narrow 5–4 decision by the justices affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves.
The first of his fourteen stand-up comedy specials for HBO was filmed in 1977.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1989–1991
- Grammy Hall of Fame2009
- Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album2008
- Mark Twain Prize for American Humor2008
- Emperor Has No Clothes Award2001
- Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album2001
- Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album2000
- Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album1993
- Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album1972
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work George takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 41% low key — the look of the work George 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 195 frames from George Carlin's 3 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.