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Halle Berry

Halle Berry

9 films · 600 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19912022

Born 14 August 1966 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Halle Maria Berry is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, becoming Miss Ohio in 1986, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant of 1986, and placing sixth in Miss World 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in The Flintstones (1994) and Bulworth (1998), as well as the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Berry established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 600 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19912022

  • Academy Award for Best Actress2002
  • Golden Globe Awards2000
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role2002
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie2000
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress2002
  • Silver Bear
  • Emmy Award2000
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2000
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture2011
  • BET Award for Best Actor & Actress2008
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year2006
  • Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress2004

How their films are shot

Measured across 600 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Halle takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 66% of their frames are night, 60% low key — the look of the work Halle takes.

Time of day

Night66%
Day27%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key60%
Natural27%
High key8%

Shot size

Medium42%
Wide27%
Closeup18%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level77%
High angle10%
Low angle10%

Mood

Neutral38%
Tense32%
Ominous10%
Lonely9%

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

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