FrameThrower · Actors · Colin Friels
Colin Friels
3 films · 310 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1990–2010
Born 25 September 1952 · Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Colin Friels is an Australian actor born on September 25, 1952, in Kilwinning, Scotland. He is known for his roles in film, television, and theatre, including winning an AFI Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Malcolm (1986).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 310 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1990–2010
- Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in a Series1997
- AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama1995
- AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1986
How their films are shot
Measured across 310 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Colin 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, 61% low key — the look of the work Colin 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
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 310 frames from Colin Friels'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.