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Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner

9 films · 485 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19932019

Born 23 January 1972 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Ewen Bremner is a Scottish character actor. His roles have included Julien in Julien Donkey-Boy and Daniel "Spud" Murphy in Trainspotting and its 2017 sequel T2 Trainspotting.

Bremner was born in Edinburgh, the son of two art teachers. He attended Davidson's Mains Primary School and Portobello High School. He originally wanted to be a circus clown, but was offered a chance at screen acting by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable roles was as a Glasgow schoolboy in Charles Gormley's Heavenly Pursuits (1986).

How their films are shot

Measured across 485 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ewen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Ewen takes.

Time of day

Night48%
Day41%
Interior7%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural37%
Silhouette5%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium37%
Wide26%
Closeup21%
Fullbody10%

Camera angle

Eye level78%
Low angle12%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral44%
Tense29%
Lonely12%
Ominous6%

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 485 frames from Ewen Bremner's 9 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.