FrameThrower · Actors · Axel Jodorowsky
Axel Jodorowsky
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1989–2013
Born 24 July 1965 · Mexico City, Mexico · died 15 September 2022
Axel Cristóbal Jodorowsky, also known as Cristóbal Jodorowsky, was a Mexican-French actor, writer, painter, playwright, trainer, and tarologist. Axel was best known for his performance as Fenix in his father's 1989 avant-garde horror film Santa Sangre for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor and the documentary about psychoshamanism Quantum Men directed by Carlos Serrano Azcona.
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Axel 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, 40% low key — the look of the work Axel 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.
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 Axel Jodorowsky'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.