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Michael Higgins

Michael Higgins

3 films · 179 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19701987

Born 20 January 1920 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · died 5 November 2008

Michael Higgins was born on January 20, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA as Michael Patrick Higgins Jr. He was an actor, known for State and Main (2000), Springfield Story (1952) and Der Dialog (1974). He was married to Elizabeth Lee Goodwin. He died on November 5, 2008 in Manhattan, New York City.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 179 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19701987

  • Bronze Star Medal
  • Purple Heart

How their films are shot

Measured across 179 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Michael takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 52% low key — the look of the work Michael takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night45%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key52%
Natural35%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium39%
Wide28%
Closeup25%
Establishing4%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle15%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral56%
Tense19%
Lonely13%
Ominous6%

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 179 frames from Michael Higgins's 3 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.