FrameThrower · Actors · Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif
5 films · 325 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1965–1999
Born 10 April 1932 · Alexandria, Egypt · died 10 July 2015
Omar Sharif was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. The son of a precious wood merchant, he grew up in a united Christian family of Syrian and Lebanese descent with his parents and his sister. Enrolled at Victoria College, a prestigious British school in Alexandria, the teenager studied science and foreign languages and later discovered theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cairo University, where he obtained his diploma in mathematics and physics.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 325 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1965–1999
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1966
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture1963
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor1963
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement2003
- César Award for Best Actor2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 325 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Omar takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 43% natural — the look of the work Omar 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.
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 325 frames from Omar Sharif's 5 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.