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Jean Dujardin

Jean Dujardin

3 films · 254 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20102013

Born 19 June 1972 · Rueil-Malmaison, France

Jean Edmond Dujardin is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series Un gars, une fille, in which he starred alongside his partner Alexandra Lamy, before gaining success in film with movies such as Brice de Nice, Michel Hazanavicius's OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and its sequel OSS 117: Lost in Rio, as well as 99 Francs.

Dujardin garnered international fame and widespread acclaim with his performance of George Valentin in the 2011 award-winning silent movie The Artist.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 254 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20102013

  • Academy Award for Best Actor2012
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy2012
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role2012
  • Knight of the National Order of Merit2011
  • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2009

How their films are shot

Measured across 254 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jean 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, 43% of their frames are day — the look of the work Jean takes.

Time of day

Day43%
Night43%
Interior11%

Lighting

Natural39%
Low key34%
High key23%

Shot size

Medium61%
Wide16%
Closeup16%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
High angle7%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral71%
Tense13%
Lonely5%

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 254 frames from Jean Dujardin'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.