FrameThrower · Actors · Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger
4 films · 111 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1947–1972
Born 3 February 1927 · Santa Monica, California, USA · died 11 May 2023
Kenneth Anger was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost forty works since 1937, nine of which in particular have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle," and form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 111 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1947–1972
- Maya Deren Award1996
- L'Age d'Or1958
How their films are shot
Measured across 111 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kenneth takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 61% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work Kenneth 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 111 frames from Kenneth Anger's 4 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.