FrameThrower · Actors · Taryn Manning
Taryn Manning
3 films · 232 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2014–2017
Born 6 November 1978 · Tucson, Arizona, USA
Taryn Manning is an American actress, fashion designer, and singer-songwriter. She is the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat and co-owner of the clothing brand Born Uniqorn. Manning gained her first major role as an actress in 2001 when she played the role of Maddy in Crazy/Beautiful. She is well-known for her film portrayals in Crossroads, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love, Hustle & Flow, Weirdsville and Jack and Jill vs. the World. She has appeared in film genres ranging from drama and comedy to science fiction.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 232 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2014–2017
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
How their films are shot
Measured across 232 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Taryn 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, 56% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Taryn takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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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 232 frames from Taryn Manning'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.