FrameThrower · Actors · Marc McClure
Marc McClure
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1978–1985
Born 31 March 1957 · San Mateo, California, USA
Marc A. McClure is an American actor. He is known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman series of films released between 1978 and 1987, and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future films. McClure was born in San Mateo, California.
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How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Marc 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, 52% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Marc 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 130 frames from Marc McClure'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.