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Jason Miller

Jason Miller

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19731990

Born 22 April 1939 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA · died 13 May 2001

Jason Miller was an American playwright and actor. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he reprised in The Exorcist III (1990). He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19731990

  • Pulitzer Prize for Drama1973

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jason 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, 61% low key — the look of the work Jason takes.

Time of day

Night65%
Day24%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key61%
Natural18%
High key10%
Silhouette8%

Shot size

Medium32%
Closeup29%
Wide28%
Establishing6%

Camera angle

Eye level70%
Low angle16%
High angle12%

Mood

Neutral42%
Tense27%
Ominous14%
Lonely11%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

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