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David Corenswet

David Corenswet

3 films · 139 frames · top-billed in 3 · 20222025

Born 8 July 1993 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

David Packard Corenswet is an American actor. After graduating from Juilliard in 2016, he began guest-starring in television series, including House of Cards in 2018. He played lead roles in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–2020) and Hollywood (2020), both created by Ryan Murphy. In 2022, he starred in the films Look Both Ways and Pearl, as well as the HBO miniseries We Own This City. After supporting roles in the film Twisters and the miniseries Lady in the Lake (both 2024), he rose to prominence with his portrayal of the titular superhero in James Gunn's DC Universe film Superman (2025).

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How their films are shot

Measured across 139 frames from the 3 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 3 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 48% low key — the look of the work David takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night44%
Golden hour5%

Lighting

Low key48%
Natural42%
High key6%

Shot size

Medium33%
Wide30%
Closeup24%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle8%
Top down4%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral68%
Tense13%
Lonely9%
Ominous4%

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 139 frames from David Corenswet'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.