FrameThrower · Actors · John Legend
John Legend
2 films · 68 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2016–2021
Born 28 December 1978 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and producer. He was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978 in Springfield, Ohio. As of 2017, he has won ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Academy Award. He is married to model Chrissy Teigen, and they have a daughter - Luna Simone Stephens - born in 2016. The couple's second child is due in 2018.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 68 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2016–2021
- Academy Award for Best Original Song2015
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program
- Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist2006
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video
- honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music
How their films are shot
Measured across 68 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work John 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, 58% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work John 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 68 frames from John Legend'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.