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Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas

7 films · 535 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19822017

Born 9 September 1971 · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 60 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

How their films are shot

Measured across 535 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Henry takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work Henry takes.

Time of day

Night48%
Day40%
Golden hour7%

Lighting

Low key47%
Natural40%
Silhouette7%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium44%
Wide22%
Closeup22%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle8%
Low angle8%

Mood

Neutral53%
Tense20%
Ominous10%
Lonely9%

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 535 frames from Henry Thomas's 7 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.