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Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele

2 films · 152 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20162019

Born 21 February 1979 · New York City, New York, USA

Jordan Haworth Peele is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his film and television work in the comedy and horror genres. Peele started his career in sketch comedy before transitioning his career as a writer and director of psychological horror and satirical films. In 2017, Peele was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

Peele's breakout role came in 2003, when he was hired as a cast member on the Fox sketch comedy series Mad TV, where he spent five seasons, leaving the show in 2008.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 152 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20162019

  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay2018
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2024
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology2024
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology2023

How their films are shot

Measured across 152 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jordan 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, 49% low key — the look of the work Jordan takes.

Time of day

Night57%
Day36%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key49%
Natural34%
High key15%

Shot size

Medium55%
Wide22%
Closeup14%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle13%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense23%
Ominous7%
Lonely4%

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 152 frames from Jordan Peele'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.