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John Emmet Tracy

John Emmet Tracy

2 films · 202 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20122018

Born 2 July 1969 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

In over thirty years as an actor, John has worked extensively in theatre, film, television and voiceovers. He has performed on stages throughout the world, including Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, where he was selected as a company member of the Globe's International Actors' Fellowship, and in Japan, where he toured as the title role in Hamlet.

How their films are shot

Measured across 202 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work John 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, 57% of their frames are night, 62% low key — the look of the work John takes.

Time of day

Night57%
Day38%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key62%
Natural32%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium61%
Closeup17%
Wide14%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level91%
Low angle4%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral43%
Lonely20%
Tense20%
Ominous11%

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 202 frames from John Emmet Tracy'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.