FrameThrower · Actors · James Duval
James Duval
5 films · 325 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1993–2010
Born 10 September 1972 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
James "Jimmy" Edward Duval is an American actor, who is most famous for his roles in the Gregg Araki "Teenage Apocalypse" trilogy in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Miguel in Independence Day, and Singh in Go.
How their films are shot
Measured across 325 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work James takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 65% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work James takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 325 frames from James Duval's 5 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.