FrameThrower · Actors · Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess
3 films · 149 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2007–2012
Born 16 May 1978 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
James Anthony Sturgess is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His first major role was as Jude in the musical romance drama film Across the Universe (2007). In 2008, he played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in 21. In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in the crime drama Crossing Over, appearing with Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd. In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir. Sturgess co-starred in the 2012 epic science fiction film Cloud Atlas.
How their films are shot
Measured across 149 frames from the 3 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 3 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 44% low key — 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.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 149 frames from Jim Sturgess'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.