FrameThrower · Actors · Lino Ventura
Lino Ventura
2 films · 121 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1959–1969
Born 13 July 1919 · Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · died 22 October 1987
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura, known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas.
Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 121 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1959–1969
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Silver Shell for Best Actor1973
How their films are shot
Measured across 121 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Lino 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, 65% of their frames are night, 63% low key — the look of the work Lino takes.
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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 121 frames from Lino Ventura'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.