FrameThrower · Actors · Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon
12 films · 937 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1981–2024
Born 4 March 1955 · Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
After studying at the Faculty of Arts of Poitiers, Dominique Pinon moved to Paris where he enrolled at the Cours Simon acting school. His introducing appearance in cinema took place in 1981 in the movie Diva by Jean-Jacques Beineix.
Pinon is considered to be a theatre actor in first place, with constant on-stage acting since 1985. Until today, he has appeared in the plays of Gildas Bourdet, Jorge Lavelli, Valère Novarina and numerous others.
His career in cinema, counting more than 80 movies to-date, shows a strong collaboration with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 12 films · 937 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1981–2024
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award1991
- Officer of Arts and Letters
- Molière Award for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 937 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dominique takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 12 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Dominique takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Micmacs
2009 · Fracasse
Hellbreeder
2004 · Detective Weiss
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Sylvain
Alien: Resurrection
1997 · Vriess
Delicatessen
1991 · Louison
The City Of Lost Children
· The Diver / The Clones
Memoir of a Snail
2024 · Percy Pudel (voice)
Murphy's Law
2009 · Rudy
The Oxford Murders
2008 · Frank
Amelie
2001 · Joseph
The Moon in the Gutter
1983 · Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
Diva
1981 · Le curé
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 937 frames from Dominique Pinon's 12 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.