FrameThrower · Actors · James Stewart
James Stewart
7 films · 432 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1946–1959
Born 20 May 1908 · Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA · died 2 July 1997
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.
Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 432 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1946–1959
- Academy Award for Best Actor1941
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award1964
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award1968
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Honorary Golden Bear1982
- Silver Bear
- National Aviation Hall of Fame2009
- Presidential Medal of Freedom1985
- Academy Honorary Award1984
- Golden Boot Awards1984
- Kennedy Center Honors1983
- AFI Life Achievement Award1980
How their films are shot
Measured across 432 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work James takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 63% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work James 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.
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 432 frames from James Stewart's 7 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.