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Gerardo Taracena

Gerardo Taracena

2 films · 210 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20062009

Born 1 January 1970 · Mexico City, Mexico · died 31 January 2026

Gerardo Taracena was a Mexican film and theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his roles in Apocalypto, Man on Fire, The Mexican and Sin Nombre as well as the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. He was born in Mexico City.

How their films are shot

Measured across 210 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Gerardo takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 70% of their frames are day, 70% natural — the look of the work Gerardo takes.

Time of day

Day70%
Night23%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Natural70%
Low key24%

Shot size

Medium42%
Closeup32%
Wide15%
Establishing6%

Camera angle

Eye level75%
Low angle16%
High angle7%

Mood

Tense36%
Neutral34%
Lonely8%
Ominous8%

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 210 frames from Gerardo Taracena's 2 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.