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Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

5 films · 324 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19671990

Born 30 March 1937 · Richmond, Virginia, USA

Warren Beatty is a European-American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards: four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay; he won Best Director for Reds (1981). He is the brother of actress Shirley MacLaine.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 324 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19671990

  • Academy Award for Best Director1982
  • Academy Awards1982
  • Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award2007
  • Golden Globe Awards1962
  • Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement1998
  • California Hall of Fame2012
  • AFI Life Achievement Award2008
  • Donostia Award2001
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award2000
  • Theatre World Award1960
  • Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
  • Directors Guild of America Award

How their films are shot

Measured across 324 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Warren takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 41% low key — the look of the work Warren takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night45%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key41%
Natural41%
High key9%
Silhouette5%

Shot size

Medium43%
Wide30%
Closeup16%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle7%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral58%
Tense25%
Ominous8%
Lonely6%

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

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