FrameThrower · Actors · Jack Nance
Jack Nance
3 films · 193 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1977–1987
Born 21 December 1943 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · died 30 December 1996
Marvin John Nance, known professionally as Jack Nance and occasionally credited as John Nance, was an American actor of stage and screen, primarily starring in offbeat or avant-garde productions. He was known for his work with director David Lynch, particularly for his roles in Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks.
How their films are shot
Measured across 193 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jack takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 82% of their frames are night, 75% low key — the look of the work Jack takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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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 193 frames from Jack Nance's 3 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.