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Karren Karagulian

Karren Karagulian

2 films · 226 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20152024

Born 1 January 1969

Karren Karagulian is an Armenian-American actor.

He is known primarily for his collaborations with director Sean Baker, with whom he has worked since the early 1990s. In 2024, he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance for his role in Anora.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Karren Karagulian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

How their films are shot

Measured across 226 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Karren 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, 54% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Karren takes.

Time of day

Day54%
Night36%
Golden hour5%

Lighting

Natural50%
Low key30%
High key18%

Shot size

Medium65%
Closeup15%
Wide11%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level93%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense15%
Lonely11%
Mysterious4%

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 226 frames from Karren Karagulian'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.