FrameThrower · Actors · Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis
3 films · 277 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–1989
Born 21 November 1944 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · died 24 February 2014
Harold Allen Ramis was an American actor and filmmaker, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981), both of which he co-wrote. As a writer/director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). He was the original head writer of the TV series SCTV (in which he also performed), and one of three screenwriters for the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 277 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–1989
- BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay1994
- Earle Grey Award1995
How their films are shot
Measured across 277 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Harold 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, 46% of their frames are night, 42% natural — the look of the work Harold takes.
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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 277 frames from Harold Ramis'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.