FrameThrower · Actors · Joan Allen
Joan Allen
7 films · 513 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1986–2015
Born 20 August 1956 · Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Joan Allen is an American actress. She worked in theatre, television and film during her early career, and achieved recognition for her Broadway debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1989.
She has received three Academy Award nominations; she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Nixon (1995) and The Crucible (1996), and for Best Actress for The Contender (2000).
Her other films include The Ice Storm (1996), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998), The Notebook (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 513 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1986–2015
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1988
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress2006
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress2005
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress1998
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress1996
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress1995
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play1984
- Theatre World Award1984
How their films are shot
Measured across 513 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Joan 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, 52% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Joan 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 513 frames from Joan Allen'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.