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Regina King

Regina King

6 films · 410 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19912021

Born 15 January 1971 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Regina Rene King is an American actress, director and producer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

King first gained attention for starring in the television sitcom 227 (1985–1990). Her subsequent roles included the film Friday (1995), the animated series The Boondocks (2005–2014), and the crime television series Southland (2009–2013).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 410 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19912021

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2019
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture2019
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2020
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2018
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2016
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2015
  • Critics' Choice Television Award2017
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture2005
  • BET Award for Best Actor & Actress2005

How their films are shot

Measured across 410 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Regina takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 6 films we hold, 55% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Regina takes.

Time of day

Day55%
Night37%
Interior4%

Lighting

Natural49%
High key25%
Low key23%

Shot size

Medium50%
Wide20%
Closeup20%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle6%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral72%
Tense14%
Lonely4%

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 410 frames from Regina King's 6 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.