FrameThrower · Actors · Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
4 films · 255 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1973–1996
Born 29 October 1947 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor. He has starred in film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob? and Mr. Holland's Opus. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl, and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus. He has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and was nominated in 2002 for Screen Actors Guild Awards in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries categories.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 255 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1973–1996
- Academy Award for Best Actor1978
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1978
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1979
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 255 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Richard 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, 60% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Richard 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
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