FrameThrower · Actors · Benoît Magimel
Benoît Magimel
4 films · 280 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2001–2023
Born 11 May 1974 · Paris, France
Benoît Magimel is a French actor. A prolific actor who was 14 when he appeared in his first film, Magimel has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema.
For a number of years, he lived with French actress Juliette Binoche, with whom he co-starred in 1999's Children of the Century and later had a daughter, Hana, born in 1999. The relationship ended in 2003.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 280 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2001–2023
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor2001
- César Award for Best Actor2023
- César Award for Best Actor2022
- César Award for Best Supporting Actor2016
- Lumière Award for Best Actor2022
- Officer of Arts and Letters2013
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2006
How their films are shot
Measured across 280 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Benoît 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, 42% of their frames are day, 51% natural — the look of the work Benoît 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.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 280 frames from Benoît Magimel'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.