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Jamie Dornan

Jamie Dornan

3 films · 315 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20152023

Born 1 May 1982 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

James Peter Maxwell Dornan is an actor, model, and musician from Northern Ireland. His accolades include two Irish Film and Television Awards, in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Television Award and a Golden Globe Award. He has been ranked as one of the "25 Biggest Male Models of All Time" by Vogue, as well as named one of Ireland's greatest film actors by The Irish Times.

Dornan began his career as a model, appearing in campaigns for Hugo Boss, Dior Homme, and Calvin Klein. He transitioned to acting with a role in Sofia Coppola's drama film Marie Antoinette(2006).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 315 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20152023

  • People's Choice Awards2018
  • Irish Film & Television Awards2014
  • Broadcasting Press Guild Award2013

How their films are shot

Measured across 315 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jamie 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, 46% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Jamie takes.

Time of day

Night46%
Day46%
Interior7%

Lighting

Low key43%
Natural39%
High key16%

Shot size

Medium52%
Closeup29%
Wide12%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle10%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense13%
Romantic6%
Ominous4%

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 315 frames from Jamie Dornan'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.