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John Simm

John Simm

3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19992012

Born 10 July 1970 · Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

John Simm grew up in Nelson, Lancashire. He attended Edge End High School, Nelson, Lancashire followed by Blackpool Drama College at 16 and the Drama Centre, London at 19. He lives with his wife, actress Kate Magowan, and their children Ryan (born 13th August 2001) and Molly (born February 2007). Simm won the best actor award at the Valencia Film Festival for his film debut in "Boston Kickout" (1996).

How their films are shot

Measured across 195 frames from the 3 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 3 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work John takes.

Time of day

Night44%
Day41%
Dusk5%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural41%
High key8%
Silhouette6%

Shot size

Medium37%
Wide26%
Closeup22%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
High angle8%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral73%
Lonely16%
Tense8%

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 195 frames from John Simm'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.