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Keir Dullea

Keir Dullea

4 films · 263 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19652018

Born 30 May 1936 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Keir Atwood Dullea is an American actor best known for the character of astronaut David Bowman, whom he portrayed in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and in 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact, as well as his roles in the films Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) and Black Christmas (1974).

How their films are shot

Measured across 263 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Keir takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 67% of their frames are night, 59% low key — the look of the work Keir takes.

Time of day

Night67%
Day19%
Interior11%

Lighting

Low key59%
Natural21%
High key13%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium48%
Closeup21%
Wide18%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle9%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral50%
Tense32%
Ominous9%
Oppressive4%

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 263 frames from Keir Dullea's 4 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.