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Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez

3 films · 308 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19912020

Born 6 September 1964 · Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Rosa María Perez is an American actress, community activist, talk show host, author, dancer, and choreographer. Her film breakthrough performance was her portrayal of Tina in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), which she followed with White Men Can't Jump (1992). Among many honors, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fearless (1993) as well as three Emmy Awards for her work as a choreographer on In Living Color (1990–1994). Perez has also performed in stage plays on Broadway, such as The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Fish in the Dark.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 308 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19912020

  • Theatre World Award2001

How their films are shot

Measured across 308 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Rosie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Rosie takes.

Time of day

Night60%
Day29%
Interior8%

Lighting

Low key53%
Natural29%
High key14%

Shot size

Medium54%
Wide18%
Closeup17%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level93%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral43%
Tense27%
Chaotic10%
Ominous8%

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 308 frames from Rosie Perez's 3 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.