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Hunter Carson

Hunter Carson

2 films · 128 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19841986

Born 26 December 1975 · Los Angeles, California, United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hunter Carson is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director.

Carson was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Karen Black (née Ziegler) and actor, producer, screenwriter and director L. M. Kit Carson. He is stepson of Stephen Eckelberry and stepbrother of Celine Eckelberry, Stephen's daughter. He made his first national appearance in October 1976, at the age of nine months, when his mother hosted "Saturday Night Live." During her opening monologue, Black held Hunter in her arms the entire time. Carson's first acting role was in the film Paris, Texas, portraying the character of Hunter Henderson.

How their films are shot

Measured across 128 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hunter 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, 59% of their frames are night, 56% low key — the look of the work Hunter takes.

Time of day

Night59%
Day30%
Dusk5%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Low key56%
Natural35%

Shot size

Medium60%
Wide22%
Closeup8%
Establishing6%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
Low angle10%

Mood

Neutral49%
Tense27%
Lonely11%
Ominous10%

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 Hunter Carson'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.