FrameThrower · Actors · Carloto Cotta
Carloto Cotta
5 films · 300 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2012–2022
Born 31 January 1984 · Parigi, Francia
Carloto Cotta is a Portuguese actor, born in Paris on January 31, 1984. He grew up in Lisbon, and at the age of 15 he started his acting training at the Escola Profissional de Teatro de Cascais. He made his film debut in Miguel Gomes' 31 (2003). Since then, Cotta has been a regular presence in the Portuguese cinema. He got the attention of the critics and audiences with his lead role in the short film Arena (2009), that won the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. Carloto Cotta got international recognition with his performance in Tabu (2012).
How their films are shot
Measured across 300 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Carloto takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 65% of their frames are day, 61% natural — the look of the work Carloto takes.
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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 300 frames from Carloto Cotta's 5 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.