FrameThrower · Actors · Fred Melamed
Fred Melamed
4 films · 237 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2009–2023
Born 13 May 1956 · New York City, New York, USA
Fred Melamed is an American actor and writer. He received his theatrical training at Hampshire College and the Yale School of Drama. At Yale, he was a Samuel F. B. Morse College Graduate Fellow. He was also a nominee for the Irene Ryan Award, a prize conferred upon the most promising young actors in the United States. While still at Yale, he was an instructor at the well-known performing arts camp, Stagedoor Manor.
How their films are shot
Measured across 237 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Fred takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 55% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Fred takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 237 frames from Fred Melamed's 4 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.