FrameThrower · Actors · Jan Nowicki
Jan Nowicki
4 films · 449 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1971–1986
Born 5 November 1939 · Kowal, kujawsko-pomorskie, Polska · died 7 December 2022
Jan Nowicki was an actor and writer, known for The Hourglass Sanatorium, The Third Part of the Night or Big Shar. He appeared in over 100 films and television episodes since 1963.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 449 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1971–1986
- Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
- Silver Cross of Merit
How their films are shot
Measured across 449 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jan takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 87% of their frames are night, 83% low key — the look of the work Jan 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 449 frames from Jan Nowicki's 4 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.