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Clive Owen

Clive Owen

10 films · 876 frames · top-billed in 9 · 20042019

Born 3 October 1964 · Keresley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Clive Owen is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film Close My Eyes (1991) before earning international attention for his performance as a struggling writer in Croupier (1998). In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award . He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the drama Closer (2004).

Owen has played leading roles in films such as Sin City (2005), Derailed (2005), Inside Man (2006), Children of Men (2006), and The International (2009).

How their films are shot

Measured across 876 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Clive takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 10 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 40% low key — the look of the work Clive takes.

Time of day

Night50%
Day37%
Interior11%

Lighting

Low key40%
Natural37%
High key12%
Chiaroscuro9%

Shot size

Medium49%
Closeup24%
Wide16%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level86%
High angle6%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral48%
Tense31%
Ominous10%
Lonely4%

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 876 frames from Clive Owen's 10 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.