FrameThrower · Actors · Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell
6 films · 380 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2006–2025
Born 17 January 1977 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Leigh Whannell is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) and has since directed three more films, Upgrade (2018), The Invisible Man (2020) and Wolf Man (2025).
Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was the producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 380 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Leigh takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 74% of their frames are night, 73% low key — the look of the work Leigh takes.
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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 380 frames from Leigh Whannell's 6 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.