FrameThrower · Actors · Ahmed Mehrez
Ahmed Mehrez
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1978–1979
An Egyptian actor, born in 1949 into a prominent family. His father, Ismail Mehrez, was one of the doctors of the royal family before the July revolution, and his mother, Lady Sharifa, was one of the pioneers of the women’s movement In Egypt. Ahmed Mehrez appeared in only five films over 25 years, the first of which was The Bloody Destiny, and the other four films were directed by Youssef Chahine, and they include The Return of the Prodigal Son, and Alexandria... Why?. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 59.
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ahmed 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, 46% of their frames are day, 44% low key — the look of the work Ahmed takes.
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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 130 frames from Ahmed Mehrez'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.