FrameThrower · Actors · Serge Reggiani
Serge Reggiani
3 films · 240 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1961–1986
Born 2 May 1922 · Reggio Emilia, Italy · died 22 July 2004
Serge Reggiani was an Italian-born French singer and actor. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. For many years, he struggled with alcoholism, caused in part by the 1980 suicide of his son Stephan.
After acting school (Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques) he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in a wartime production of Les Parents terribles ("The Terrible Parents"). During World War II, he left Paris to join the French resistance.
His first feature film came in 1946 with his role in Les portes de la nuit ("The Doors of the Night").…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 240 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1961–1986
- Commander of the National Order of Merit2002
- Officer of the Legion of Honour1997
- Knight of the Legion of Honour1985
- Victory of honor2003
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1995
How their films are shot
Measured across 240 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Serge 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, 62% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Serge 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.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 240 frames from Serge Reggiani'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.