FrameThrower · Actors · Melanie Lynskey
Melanie Lynskey
4 films · 256 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1994–2012
Born 16 May 1977 · New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women and her command of American dialects, she works predominantly in independent films. Lynskey is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, a HCA Award, a Gracie, a New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award, and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Gotham, Satellite, Saturn, Golden Nymph, Independent Spirit, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
How their films are shot
Measured across 256 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Melanie 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, 45% of their frames are night, 41% low key — the look of the work Melanie takes.
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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 256 frames from Melanie Lynskey'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.