FrameThrower · Actors · Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein
2 films · 58 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1996–1999
Born 6 June 1952 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots". He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 58 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1996–1999
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical2003
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical1984
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play1983
- VH1 Trailblazer Honors2016
- Theatre World Award1983
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Hull-Warriner Award
How their films are shot
Measured across 58 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Harvey takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 81% natural — the look of the work Harvey takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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