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Isaach de Bankolé
11 films · 862 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1988–2024
Born 12 August 1957 · Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Isaach or Isaac de Bankolé is an Ivorian actor.
De Bankolé was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to Yoruba parents from Benin. His grandparents are from Nigeria. He moved to Paris in 1975 for his last year of lycée and pursued a master's degree in physics and mathematics. He then attended an aviation school and earned a private pilot licence, before a chance encounter with French director Gérard Vergez led him to enroll in the Cours Simon, a Parisian drama school.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 11 films · 862 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1988–2024
- César Award for Best Male Revelation
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
How their films are shot
Measured across 862 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Isaach takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 11 films we hold, 52% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Isaach takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Limits of Control
2009 · Lone Man
Manderlay
2005 · Timothy
Casa De Lava
1994 · Leão
Chocolat
1988 · Protée
The Brutalist
2024 · Gordon
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022 · Henrique
The Witch
2015 · Max Schlesinger
Calvary
2014 · Simon
White Material
2009 · Boxer
Casino Royale
2006 · Steven Obanno
Night on Earth
1991 · Cab Driver Paris
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 862 frames from Isaach de Bankolé's 11 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.