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Ben Schnetzer

Ben Schnetzer

4 films · 274 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20162019

Born 8 February 1990 · New York City, New York, USA

Ben Schnetzer is an American actor. He is the son of actors Stephen Schnetzer and Nancy Snyder. Schnetzer was born and raised in New York City. He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2010, Schnetzer appeared in an episode of Law & Order and co-starred on the series Happy Town. He played Max Vandenburg in the film adaptation of The Book Thief (2013).

How their films are shot

Measured across 274 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ben takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 63% of their frames are night, 66% low key — the look of the work Ben takes.

Time of day

Night63%
Day30%

Lighting

Low key66%
Natural27%

Shot size

Medium45%
Closeup32%
Wide14%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle10%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral41%
Tense24%
Ominous11%
Mysterious11%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 274 frames from Ben Schnetzer's 4 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.