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Mark O'Brien

Mark O'Brien

2 films · 141 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20162019

Born 7 May 1984 · St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Mark O'Brien is a Canadian actor and director. He is best known for playing the role of Des Courtney in Republic of Doyle (2010) and Tom Rendon in Halt and Catch Fire (2014).

How their films are shot

Measured across 141 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Mark 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, 70% of their frames are night, 69% low key — the look of the work Mark takes.

Time of day

Night70%
Day23%
Dusk5%

Lighting

Low key69%
Natural15%
Silhouette11%
High key4%

Shot size

Closeup37%
Wide27%
Medium26%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle7%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral37%
Tense32%
Ominous15%
Lonely9%

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 141 frames from Mark O'Brien'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.