FrameThrower · Actors · Hideaki Anno
Hideaki Anno
2 films · 95 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1995–2013
Born 22 May 1960 · Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Hideaki Anno is a Japanese animation and film director. Anno is best known for his work on the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. His style has come to be defined by the touches of superflatism and postmodernism that he injects into his work, as well as the thorough portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotions, often through unconventional sequences incorporating psychoanalysis and emotional deconstruction of these characters. He married comics artist Moyoco Anno in 27 April 2002.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 95 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1995–2013
- Tokyo Anime Award Best Director2022
- Medal with Purple Ribbon2022
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year2022
- Japan Movie Critics Award for Best Animation Director2022
- Art Encouragement Prizes2017
- Japan SF Award Special Award2017
- Seiun Award - Best Media2017
- Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year2017
- Japan Academy Prize for Best Film Editing2017
- Kinema Junpo Award for Best Screenplay2017
- Japan Movie Critics Award for Best Animation Director2013
- Tokyo Anime Award Best Director2008
How their films are shot
Measured across 95 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hideaki 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, 65% of their frames are day, 72% natural — the look of the work Hideaki 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
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 95 frames from Hideaki Anno's 2 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.