FrameThrower · Actors · Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni
5 films · 286 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1986–2003
Born 27 October 1952 · Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy
Roberto Benigni,, Italian actor and director known for his comedic work, most notably La vita è bella (1997; Life Is Beautiful), for which he won an Academy Award for best actor.
Benigni was the son of a poor tenant farmer who had worked in a German forced-labour camp during World War II. The elder Benigni used humour in retelling his experiences, which helped shape his son’s comedic skill. Benigni briefly attended a Jesuit seminary in Florence, and, after a stint as a magician’s assistant, he joined an underground theatre group in the late 1960s.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 286 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1986–2003
- Academy Award for Best Actor1999
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1999
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement2021
- David di Donatello for Best Actor1998
- David di Donatello for Best Actor1989
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- David di Donatello School Award
- David di Donatello for Best Director
- David di Donatello for Best Original Script
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic2005
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
How their films are shot
Measured across 286 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Roberto 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, 68% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work Roberto 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 286 frames from Roberto Benigni'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.