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Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux

7 films · 444 frames · top-billed in 5 · 20002024

Born 10 August 1971 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his work with director David Lynch in the mystery film Mulholland Drive (2001) and the horror film Inland Empire (2006). He also appeared in films such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), American Psycho (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Strangers with Candy (2005), Miami Vice (2006), Wanderlust (2012), The Girl on the Train (2016), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), On the Basis of Sex (2018), Bumblebee (2018), Lady and the Tramp (2019), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).

Theroux was a screenwriter for films such as the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008), the superhero film Iron Man

How their films are shot

Measured across 444 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Justin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 66% of their frames are night, 59% low key — the look of the work Justin takes.

Time of day

Night66%
Day26%
Interior7%

Lighting

Low key59%
Natural26%
High key10%

Shot size

Medium38%
Closeup29%
Wide22%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle7%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral51%
Tense20%
Ominous14%
Lonely7%

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 444 frames from Justin Theroux's 7 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.