FrameThrower · Actors · Don Taylor
Don Taylor
2 films · 112 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1948–1953
Born 13 December 1920 · Freeport, Pennsylvania, USA · died 29 December 1998
Donald Richie Taylor was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including The Naked City, Battleground, Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend and Stalag 17. He later turned to directing films such as Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Tom Sawyer (1973), Echoes of a Summer (1976), and Damien: Omen II (1978).
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How their films are shot
Measured across 112 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Don 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, 54% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Don takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
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 112 frames from Don Taylor'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.