FrameThrower · Actors · James Franco
James Franco
14 films · 959 frames · top-billed in 10 · 2002–2019
Born 19 April 1978 · Palo Alto, California, USA
James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for appearing in films such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He frequently collaborates with fellow actor Seth Rogen, including in Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Franco's first prominent acting role was on television.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 959 frames · top-billed in 10 · 2002–2019
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film2002
- Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor2010
- Golden Shell
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 959 frames from the 14 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 14 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 45% 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.
Zeroville
2019 · Vikar
The Vault
2017 · Ed Mass
The Disaster Artist
2017 · Tommy / 'Johnny'
Spring Breakers
2012 · Alien
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Will Rodman
Your Highness
2011 · Fabious
127 Hours
2010 · Aron Ralston
Howl
2010 · Allen Ginsberg
Pineapple Express
2008 · Saul Silver
Spider-Man 2
2004 · Harry Osborn
Sausage Party
2016 · Druggie (voice)
Palo Alto
2013 · Mr. B
Milk
2008 · Scott Smith
Spider-Man
2002 · Harry Osborn
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 959 frames from James Franco's 14 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.