FrameThrower · Actors · Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson
8 films · 449 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1978–2018
Born 1 March 1948 · Wales, UK
Karl Johnson is a Welsh actor, appearing on stage, film and television. His most notable role to date is the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein and those of Cato the Younger in the television drama series Rome and of Twister Turrill in the BBC costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford.
How their films are shot
Measured across 449 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Karl takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Karl takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 449 frames from Karl Johnson's 8 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.