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Zach Braff

Zach Braff

2 films · 67 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20142022

Born 6 April 1975 · South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Zachary Israel "Zach" Braff is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. Braff first became known in 2001 for his role as Dr. John Dorian on the TV series Scrubs, which earned him his first Emmy nomination. Braff remained working on Scrubs for eight years, until he announced his departure as an actor, his last episode airing in December 2009. Braff has, however, taken an executive producer's role on the series.

In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State, a coming of age film. Braff returned to his home state of New Jersey to shoot the film, which was produced on a budget of $2.5 million.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 67 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20142022

  • Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media2005

How their films are shot

Measured across 67 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Zach 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, 42% natural — the look of the work Zach takes.

Time of day

Day63%
Night20%
Golden hour8%
Dusk6%

Lighting

Natural42%
Low key24%
High key21%
Silhouette12%

Shot size

Medium42%
Wide41%
Closeup11%

Camera angle

Eye level93%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral82%
Lonely8%
Tense5%

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 67 frames from Zach Braff'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.