FrameThrower · Actors · Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
2 films · 124 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1975–1979
Born 22 November 1940 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Subsequent to his early work with the Pythons, Gilliam became known for directing fantasy and sci-fi films, including "Time Bandits" (1981), "Brazil" (1985), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), "The Fisher King" (1991), "12 Monkeys" (1995), "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998) and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009). He is the only Python not born in Britain; he took British citizenship in 1968.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 124 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1975–1979
- Winsor McCay Award2012
- European Film Award for Best Short Film2011
- Inkpot Award2009
- Annual award ACFK2004
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award2001
- Time Machine Award2000
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Officer of Arts and Letters
How their films are shot
Measured across 124 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Terry takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 69% of their frames are day, 62% natural — the look of the work Terry 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 124 frames from Terry Gilliam's 2 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.