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Alain Delon

Alain Delon

8 films · 496 frames · top-billed in 8 · 19601976

Born 8 November 1935 · Sceaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France · died 18 August 2024

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the late 1950s to the 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. He is regarded as one of the most well-known figures of the French cultural landscape.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 496 frames · top-billed in 8 · 19601976

  • Honorary Palme d'Or2019
  • Golden Bear1995
  • Honorary Golden Bear1995
  • César Award for Best Actor1985
  • César Award1985
  • Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class2023
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour2005
  • Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite2003
  • Officer of the National Order of Merit1995
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour1991
  • Commander of the National Order of Merit
  • Legion of Honour

How their films are shot

Measured across 496 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Alain takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day, 52% natural — the look of the work Alain takes.

Time of day

Day51%
Night41%
Interior4%

Lighting

Natural52%
Low key33%
High key13%

Shot size

Medium44%
Wide25%
Closeup21%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral75%
Tense15%
Lonely7%

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 496 frames from Alain Delon's 8 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.