FrameThrower · Actors · Herbert Knaup
Herbert Knaup
2 films · 128 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1998–2006
Born 23 March 1956 · Sonthofen, Germany
Herbert Knaup is a German film and television actor. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting roles in Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others. Longtime companion of actress Natalia Wörner until 2001. Supports the SOS Children's Villages.
Started a career as musician with his two nephews in their band "Neffen und Knaup" (Nephews and Knaup) (2007). Founding member of the German Screen Actors Guild. After graduating from the Otto Falckenberg School, the Academy of Performing Arts in Munich, he made his stage debut in 1978.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 128 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1998–2006
- Bavarian Order of Merit2014
- Bavarian Culture Prize2010
- Bavarian TV Awards2010
- Bavarian Film Awards1994
How their films are shot
Measured across 128 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Herbert 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, 50% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Herbert takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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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 128 frames from Herbert Knaup'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.