FrameThrower · Actors · Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
11 films · 798 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1987–2018
Born 20 March 1958 · Conyers, Georgia, USA
Holly Hunter is an American actress. Born in Conyers, Georgia, she first appeared as Helen Keller in a fifth-grade play before starring in Rockdale County High School stagings of Oklahoma!, Man of La Mancha, and Fiddler on the Roof. In Pittsburgh, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and performed in local theatre.
She then moved to New York City with Frances McDormand, beginning a Broadway career.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 11 films · 798 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1987–2018
- Academy Award for Best Actress1994
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama1993
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role1994
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1993
- Silver Bear for Best Actress
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1993
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1989
- Lucy Award2009
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress2004
- International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actress2004
- AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role1993
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress1993
How their films are shot
Measured across 798 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Holly takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 11 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work Holly takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Incredibles 2
2018 · Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
The Big Sick
2017 · Beth Gardner
Manglehorn
2014 · Dawn
The Incredibles
2004 · Helen Parr / Elastigirl (voice)
Living Out Loud
1998 · Judith Moore
Crash
1996 · Helen Remington
The Piano
1993 · Ada McGrath
Raising Arizona
1987 · Ed
Song to Song
2017 · Miranda
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · Senator Finch
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · Penny
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 798 frames from Holly Hunter's 11 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.