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Daniel Brühl

Daniel Brühl

5 films · 241 frames · top-billed in 3 · 20092022

Born 16 June 1978 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Daniel César Martín Brühl González is a German-Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including three European Film Awards and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award. He received his first German Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in Das Weisse Rauschen (2001), Nichts Bereuen (2001), and Vaya con Dios (2002). His starring role in the German film Good Bye, Lenin!

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 241 frames · top-billed in 3 · 20092022

  • Berliner Bär2025
  • European Cultural Award2018
  • Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor2004
  • Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor2003
  • European Film Award for Best Actor2003
  • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

How their films are shot

Measured across 241 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Daniel 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, 52% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Daniel takes.

Time of day

Day52%
Night38%

Lighting

Natural47%
Low key40%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium39%
Wide25%
Closeup25%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
Low angle9%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral58%
Tense25%
Lonely8%
Oppressive4%

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 241 frames from Daniel Brühl'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.