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Éric Cantona

Éric Cantona

3 films · 262 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19982024

Born 24 May 1966 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles.

Cantona is often regarded as having played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force and he enjoys iconic status at the club. He wore the number 7 shirt at United, which was previously worn by George Best and Bryan Robson, and subsequently worn by David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 262 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19982024

  • Premier League Hall of Fame2021
  • UEFA President's Award2019
  • English Football Hall of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 262 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Éric takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 48% low key — the look of the work Éric takes.

Time of day

Day50%
Night45%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key48%
Natural42%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium47%
Closeup23%
Wide20%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
High angle8%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral58%
Tense18%
Mysterious7%
Lonely6%

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 262 frames from Éric Cantona's 3 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.