FrameThrower · Actors · Jani Volanen
Jani Volanen
2 films · 285 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2019–2022
Born 1 November 1971 · Helsinki, Finland
Jani Kristian Volanen is a Finnish actor, director and writer. He has appeared in films such as The Romanov Stones (1993), Homecoming (2015), The Mine (2016), Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019) and Hatching (2022). He is also a creator of a mystery thriller series Summer of Sorrow.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 285 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2019–2022
- Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor2017
- Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor2008
How their films are shot
Measured across 285 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jani takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 65% of their frames are night, 67% low key — the look of the work Jani takes.
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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 285 frames from Jani Volanen's 2 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.