FrameThrower · Actors · Frankie Faison
Frankie Faison
9 films · 816 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1982–2020
Born 10 June 1949 · Newport News, Virginia, USA
Frankie Faison is an American stage and screen actor, best known for his role as Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell in HBO's television series "The Wire", and as Barney Matthews in the "Hannibal Lecter" franchise. He studied Drama at Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, and graduated from New York Universities' Acting Program.
How their films are shot
Measured across 816 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Frankie 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, 47% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Frankie takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
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 816 frames from Frankie Faison'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.