FrameThrower · Actors · Jim Norton
Jim Norton
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1971–2014
Born 4 January 1938 · Dublin, Ireland
Jim Norton is an Irish stage, film and television character actor, known for his work in the theatre, most notably in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, and on television as Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1971–2014
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play2008
- Laurence Olivier Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jim 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, 52% of their frames are day, 51% natural — the look of the work Jim takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 Jim Norton'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.