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Eric Bana

Eric Bana

11 films · 739 frames · top-billed in 7 · 20002024

Born 9 August 1968 · Melbourne, Australia

Eric Martin Andrew Banadinović, known professionally as Eric Bana, is an Australian actor, comedian, producer, and director. He began his career in the sketch-comedy series Full Frontal before gaining notice in the comedy-drama The Castle (1997). He achieved critical recognition for starring in the biographical crime film Chopper (2000) and as the titular character in Hulk (2003).

After a decade of roles in Australian television shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood's attention for his performance in the war film Black Hawk Down (2001) and as Bruce Banner in the superhero horror film Hulk(2003).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 11 films · 739 frames · top-billed in 7 · 20002024

  • Member of the Order of Australia2019

How their films are shot

Measured across 739 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Eric takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 11 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 46% low key — the look of the work Eric takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night43%
Interior7%

Lighting

Low key46%
Natural42%
High key8%

Shot size

Medium40%
Closeup25%
Wide24%
Establishing6%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle8%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral46%
Tense28%
Lonely8%
Ominous7%

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 739 frames from Eric Bana's 11 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.