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Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

10 films · 751 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19892023

Born 10 December 1960 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, Berkshire, Branagh trained at RADA in London and served as its president from 2015 to 2024. His accolades include an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 751 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19892023

  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay2022
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay2021
  • BAFTA Award for Best Direction1990
  • Emmy Award2001
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2001
  • Knight Bachelor2012
  • European Film Award for Best Actor1990
  • Young European Film of the Year1990
  • Society of London Theatre Special Award

How their films are shot

Measured across 751 frames from the 10 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 10 films we hold, 44% of their frames are day, 44% natural — the look of the work Kenneth takes.

Time of day

Day44%
Night42%
Interior6%
Golden hour6%

Lighting

Natural44%
Low key42%
High key10%

Shot size

Medium42%
Closeup25%
Wide21%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle10%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral57%
Tense23%
Lonely7%
Ominous4%

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 751 frames from Kenneth Branagh's 10 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.