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Fred Ward

Fred Ward

8 films · 789 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19832009

Born 30 December 1942 · San Diego, California, USA · died 8 May 2022

Freddie Joe Ward was an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz. He was best known for his starring roles in the films Remo Williams, Tremors, Henry & June, Short Cuts, The Right Stuff, and Exit Speed. Ward also acted in several European movies.

How their films are shot

Measured across 789 frames from the 8 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 8 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Fred takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night40%
Interior8%

Lighting

Natural53%
Low key32%
High key14%

Shot size

Medium53%
Closeup21%
Wide14%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle8%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral69%
Tense12%
Lonely5%
Ominous4%

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 789 frames from Fred Ward's 8 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.