FrameThrower · Actors · Maya Erskine
Maya Erskine
2 films · 80 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2019–2023
Born 7 May 1987 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Maya Erskine is an American actress and writer. From 2019 to 2021, she starred in Hulu's original TV comedy series PEN15 alongside Anna Konkle; the duo, who co-created, co-wrote, and co-executive produced the series. The series received critical acclaim and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. Since 2024, she has starred as Jane Smith in the Prime Video spy series Mr. & Mrs. Smith, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also had main roles as Mikki in the Amazon Prime Video sitcom Betas (2013–2014), as Maggie in the FXX romantic comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015), and as Mizu in the Netflix adult animated action series Blue Eye Samurai (2023).
How their films are shot
Measured across 80 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Maya 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, 48% of their frames are night, 48% natural — the look of the work Maya takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 80 frames from Maya Erskine'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.