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Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

4 films · 261 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19692007

Born 27 October 1932 · Paris, France · died 19 April 2007

Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor. A popular star of French cinema, he had over 200 film and television credits in a career spanning over 50 years. He was the father of actor Vincent Cassel, actress/singer Cécile Cassel, and rapper Mathias Cassel.

How their films are shot

Measured across 261 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jean-Pierre 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, 50% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Jean-Pierre takes.

Time of day

Day50%
Night39%
Interior6%

Lighting

Natural45%
Low key39%
High key10%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Wide33%
Medium28%
Closeup26%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level86%
High angle7%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral64%
Tense17%
Lonely9%
Ominous5%

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 261 frames from Jean-Pierre Cassel'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.