FrameThrower · Actors · Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
10 films · 609 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1973–2014
Born 22 June 1936 · Brownsville, Texas, USA · died 28 September 2024
Kristoffer Kristofferson was an American country singer, songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," all of which were hits for other artists.
In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing.
As an actor, Kristofferson was known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 609 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1973–2014
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award2014
- Johnny Mercer Award2006
- "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award2003
- Texas Country Music Hall of Fame2003
- Grammy Award for Best Country Song1972
- Rhodes Scholarship1958
- National Defense Service Medal
- Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
How their films are shot
Measured across 609 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kris 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, 48% of their frames are day, 44% natural — the look of the work Kris takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Blade II
2002 · Whistler
No Place to Hide
1992 · Joe Garvey
Heaven’s Gate
1980 · James Averill
A Star Is Born
1976 · John Norman Howard
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1974 · David
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
1973 · Billy the Kid
The Winding Stream
2014 · Self
Planet of the Apes
2001 · Karubi
Limbo
1999 · Smilin' Jack
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 · Biker
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 609 frames from Kris Kristofferson'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.