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Burr Steers

Burr Steers

Film director · 2 films (2002–2009)

Burr Steers is a director whose work here spans Igby Goes Down (2002) to 17 Again (2009), across comedy and drama. All 308 frames from 2 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burr Gore Steers is an American actor, screenwriter and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burr Steers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 8 October 1965 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Directing style

Burr Steers favors a highly intimate, character-focused staging style, relying heavily on medium shots and closeups captured almost exclusively from an eye-level perspective. Lighting is grounded in realistic interior sources, blending practical fixtures, fluorescents, and window light to illuminate daytime scenes with a shallow depth of field that isolates subjects from their backgrounds. The visual palette leans toward muted, naturalistic tones—combining earthy browns, slate grays, and cool, desaturated greens—to evoke quiet undercurrents of tension and loneliness within domestic spaces.

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Films directed by Burr Steers

About Burr Steers

When was Burr Steers born?

Burr Steers was born on 8 October 1965 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

What films has Burr Steers directed?

FrameThrower holds stills from 2 of them: Igby Goes Down (2002) and 17 Again (2009).

Search every frame of Burr Steers’s films

All 308 indexed frames from 2 films directed by Burr Steers — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.