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Joel Murray

Joel Murray

2 films · 131 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20112011

Born 17 April 1963 · Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Joel is a versatile writer-director-actor. The youngest of the nine Murrays is a veteran of over 250 sit-com episodes. He has been a series regular on the comedies Grand, Pacific Station, Love and War, Dharma and Greg and Still Standing. He has also recurred on the series Mike and Molly, My Boys and Two and a Half Men. Brother of Bill Murray, John Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray.

How their films are shot

Measured across 131 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Joel 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, 44% of their frames are night, 41% low key — the look of the work Joel takes.

Time of day

Night44%
Day40%
Interior13%

Lighting

Low key41%
Natural32%
High key19%
Chiaroscuro6%

Shot size

Medium50%
Wide26%
Closeup17%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
Low angle6%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral67%
Tense19%
Lonely7%
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 131 frames from Joel Murray'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.