FrameThrower · Actors · Greta Gerwig
Greta Gerwig
10 films · 709 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2009–2022
Born 4 August 1983 · Sacramento, California, USA
Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director based in NY. She has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Mistress America (2015). Gerwig made her solo directorial debut with the critically acclaimed comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017), which she also wrote, and has also had starring roles in the films Damsels in Distress (2011), Jackie (2016), and 20th Century Women (2016).
Greta Celeste Gerwig was born in Sacramento, California, to Christine Gerwig (née Sauer), a nurse, and Gordon Gerwig, a financial consultant and computer programmer.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 709 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2009–2022
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay2018
- Women of the Year2024
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay2024
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay2020
- Time 1002018
- National Board of Review Award for Best Director2017
- Bradbury Award
How their films are shot
Measured across 709 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Greta 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, 48% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Greta 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.
White Noise
2022 · Babette Gladney
Maggie's Plan
2016 · Maggie Hardin
Jackie
2016 · Nancy Tuckerman
20th Century Women
2016 · Abbie
Mistress America
2015 · Brooke Cardinas
Frances Ha
2012 · Frances Halladay
Greenberg
2010 · Florence Marr
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Tracy Walker (voice)
Wiener-Dog
2016 · Dawn Wiener
The House Of The Devil
2009 · Megan
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 709 frames from Greta Gerwig'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.