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Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

4 films · 205 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19942025

Born 19 August 1965 · Lisbon, Portugal

Maria de Medeiros Esteves Vitorino de Almeida, better known as Maria de Medeiros, is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 205 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19942025

  • Golden Globes
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress
  • Knight of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
  • Genie Awards1996
  • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
  • Gérard-Philipe Price

How their films are shot

Measured across 205 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Maria 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, 56% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work Maria takes.

Time of day

Night56%
Day38%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key47%
Natural26%
High key16%
Chiaroscuro7%

Shot size

Medium53%
Closeup25%
Wide14%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
Low angle13%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral54%
Tense25%
Ominous11%
Lonely5%

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 205 frames from Maria de Medeiros'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.