FrameThrower · Actors · Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
6 films · 347 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1966–1988
Born 14 December 1946 · London, England, UK · died 16 July 2023
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband composer John Barry; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 347 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1966–1988
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette2018
- Officer of the National Order of Merit2015
- Knight of the National Order of Merit2004
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2022
- Victory of honor2021
- Honorary Lumière Award2019
- Victoires de la Musique – Female artist of the year1992
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
How their films are shot
Measured across 347 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jane takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 56% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Jane takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
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 347 frames from Jane Birkin's 6 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.