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David Naughton

David Naughton

2 films · 101 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19811998

Born 13 February 1951 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

David Walsh Naughton is an American actor and singer best known for his starring roles in the 1981 horror film An American Werewolf in London and the 1980 Walt Disney comedy, Midnight Madness.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 101 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, 59% of their frames are night, 53% natural — the look of the work David takes.

Time of day

Night59%
Day31%
Interior8%

Lighting

Natural53%
Low key39%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium50%
Closeup23%
Wide16%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle15%

Mood

Neutral52%
Tense22%
Ominous12%
Lonely8%

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 101 frames from David Naughton'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.