FrameThrower · Actors · William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
3 films · 163 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–1994
Born 5 February 1914 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · died 2 August 1997
William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays, and five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences; he was initially briefly known by the pen name William Lee. He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, made many appearances in films, and created and exhibited thousands of visual artworks, including his celebrated "Shotgun Art".
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 163 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–1994
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
How their films are shot
Measured across 163 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work William 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, 49% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work William 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 163 frames from William S. Burroughs'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.