FrameThrower · Actors · Pernilla August
Pernilla August
4 films · 307 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1975–2021
Born 13 February 1958 · Stockholm, Sverige
Pernilla August is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his “The Best Intentions”. She is also known for her role of Shmi Skywalker in the “Star Wars” franchise.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 307 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1975–2021
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1992
- Guldbagge Award for Best Director2011
- Swedish Academy's Theatre Award2010
- Litteris et Artibus2002
- Eugene O'Neill Award
How their films are shot
Measured across 307 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Pernilla 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, 55% of their frames are day, 59% natural — the look of the work Pernilla takes.
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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 307 frames from Pernilla August'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.