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Alex Descas
11 films · 630 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1994–2017
Born 1 January 1958 · France
Alex Descas is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France, he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic.
He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in more than half of her theatrical feature-length films, including No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, I Can't Sleep, Trouble Every Day, The Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards, as well as Ten Minutes Older: The Cello. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent.
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How their films are shot
Measured across 630 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Alex takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 11 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Alex 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.
The Limits of Control
2009 · Creole
35 Shots of Rum
2008 · Lionel
Let The Sunshine In
2017 · End Man
Bastards
2013 · Dr. Béthanie
Boarding Gate
2007 · Andrew
Tiresia
2003 · Marignac
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Dr. Léo
Late August, Early September
1998 · Jérémie
Irma Vep
1996 · Desormeaux
Nenette et Boni
1996 · Gynecologist
I Can’t Sleep
1994 · Théo
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 630 frames from Alex Descas's 11 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.