FrameThrower · Actors · Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene
3 films · 155 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1968–1972
Born 3 September 1937 · Campi Salentina, Lecce, Italia · died 16 March 2002
The filmmaking career of Carmelo Bene lasted from 1968 to 1973, six years out of a lengthy time spent in the theater that made Bene one of the most celebrated figures of the Italian avant-garde in the second half of the 20th century.
Bene first made a name for himself with a controversial production of Camus’ Caligula in Rome in 1959. Subsequent productions retained this sense of notoriety, and Bene (like Pasolini) quickly acquired a police record.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 155 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Carmelo takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 62% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Carmelo 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 155 frames from Carmelo Bene's 3 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.