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David Mitchell

David Mitchell

2 films · 144 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20192023

Born 14 July 1974 · Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

David James Stuart Mitchell is a British comedian, actor and writer. Mitchell rose to prominence alongside Robert Webb as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009 for his performance. Mitchell and Webb have written and starred in several sketch shows including Bruiser, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and That Mitchell and Webb Look. They have also starred in the British version of Apple's "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Their first film, Magicians, was released in 2007.

How their films are shot

Measured across 144 frames from the 2 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 2 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 41% low key — the look of the work David takes.

Time of day

Day45%
Night43%
Golden hour6%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key41%
Natural39%
High key19%

Shot size

Medium51%
Wide26%
Closeup10%
Establishing9%

Camera angle

Eye level78%
Low angle11%
High angle6%
Top down4%

Mood

Neutral61%
Tense12%
Ominous8%
Mysterious7%

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 144 frames from David Mitchell's 2 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.