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Ed Helms

Ed Helms

7 films · 735 frames · top-billed in 5 · 20082015

Born 24 January 1974 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Edward "Ed" Parker Helms is an American comedian and actor. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom The Office (2006–2013), and starred as Stuart Price in The Hangover trilogy. He later starred in the comedy series Rutherford Falls (2021–2022), which he co-wrote.

How their films are shot

Measured across 735 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ed takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Ed takes.

Time of day

Day54%
Night27%
Interior12%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Natural50%
High key27%
Low key21%

Shot size

Medium60%
Wide19%
Closeup13%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle6%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral70%
Tense14%
Chaotic4%
Joyful4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

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 735 frames from Ed Helms's 7 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.