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Tippi Hedren

Tippi Hedren

2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19641964

Born 19 January 1930 · New Ulm, Minnesota, USA

Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren is an American actress and former fashion model with a career spanning six decades. She is primarily known for her roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films, The Birds and Marnie, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre (320,000 m2) wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren is the mother of Academy Award nominee Melanie Griffith, and they share credits on several productions, notably Pacific Heights (1990).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19641964

  • Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress1964
  • Genesis Award2010
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tippi 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, 63% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Tippi takes.

Time of day

Day63%
Night28%
Interior7%

Lighting

Natural50%
High key25%
Low key21%

Shot size

Medium45%
Closeup29%
Wide15%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle8%
Low angle8%

Mood

Neutral73%
Tense18%
Ominous7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

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