FrameThrower · Actors · River Phoenix
River Phoenix
5 films · 325 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1985–1991
Born 23 August 1970 · Metolius, Oregon USA · died 31 October 1993
River Jude Phoenix was an American actor, musician, and activist.
Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the oldest brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He had no formal schooling, but he showed an instinctive talent for the guitar, and he played and sang on the streets for money. He began his acting career at age 10 in a handful of television commercials.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 325 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1985–1991
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor1991
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead1992
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor1991
How their films are shot
Measured across 325 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work River 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, 48% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work River 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 River Phoenix'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.