FrameThrower · Actors · David Bowie
David Bowie
6 films · 516 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1976–2006
Born 8 January 1947 · London, England, UK · died 10 January 2016
David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 516 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1976–2006
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire2000
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame2013
- Webby Lifetime Achievement Award2007
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award2006
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time2004
- Great Britons2002
- Grammy Hall of Fame1998
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame1997
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame1996
- Saturn Award for Best Actor1976
- honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
How their films are shot
Measured across 516 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work David takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 59% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work David takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
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 516 frames from David Bowie's 6 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.