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Jean-François Balmer

Jean-François Balmer

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20152015

Born 18 April 1946 · Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Jean-François Balmer is a Swiss actor. He has worked extensively in French cinema, television and stage productions since the early 1970s.

Source: Article "Jean-François Balmer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20152015

  • Knight of the Legion of Honour2004
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2011

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jean-François 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, 56% of their frames are day, 55% natural — the look of the work Jean-François takes.

Time of day

Day56%
Night34%

Lighting

Natural55%
Low key37%
High key4%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium39%
Wide31%
Closeup19%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level93%

Mood

Neutral73%
Lonely12%
Tense10%
Ominous4%

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 130 frames from Jean-François Balmer'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.