FrameThrower · Actors · Casper Van Dien
Casper Van Dien
2 films · 131 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1997–1999
Born 18 December 1968 · Milton, Florida, USA
Casper Van Dien's breakthrough role was as the lead in Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi film Starship Troopers (1997). Still one of the most talked about films of 1997 that has one of the largest cult followings in film history. He was also in Tim Burton's critically acclaimed film Sleepy Hollow (1999), as Brom Bones. He was the 20th Tarzan and the only one to ever film in Africa and ride an African elephant in the Warner Bros. film Tarzan and the Lost City (1998).
Other film credits include The Pact (2012), which was well received at Sundance. Casper played a down and out alcoholic detective opposite Caity Lotz. A Post Apocalyptic survivor in Beyond The Wave (2015) shot entirely in China.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 131 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Casper 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, 44% of their frames are night — the look of the work Casper takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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