FrameThrower · Actors · Mackenzie Crook
Mackenzie Crook
5 films · 288 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2011–2019
Born 29 September 1971 · Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Paul Mackenzie Crook is a British actor and comedian. He shot to fame playing Gareth Keenan in the BBC sitcom The Office and went on to play Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. More recently, he has written, directed and starred in the BBC4 sitcom Detectorists and the BBC1 revival of childrens' favourite, Worzel Gummidge.
How their films are shot
Measured across 288 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Mackenzie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day, 50% low key — the look of the work Mackenzie 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 288 frames from Mackenzie Crook's 5 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.