FrameThrower · Actors · Daniel Kaluuya
Daniel Kaluuya
8 films · 726 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2015–2023
Born 24 February 1989 · London, England, UK
Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and filmmaker. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theatre. He played Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009); he also co-wrote some of the episodes. Kaluuya drew praise for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 726 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2015–2023
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor2021
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2021
- Time 1002021
How their films are shot
Measured across 726 frames from the 8 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 8 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 40% low key — the look of the work Daniel takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 726 frames from Daniel Kaluuya's 8 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.