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Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence

8 films · 827 frames · top-billed in 6 · 19902024

Born 16 April 1965 · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany [now Germany]

Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and comedian who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, Big Momma's House and Bad Boys II. Lawrence has acted in numerous movie roles and starred in his own television series, Martin, which ran from 1992 to 1997.

How their films are shot

Measured across 827 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Martin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 42% natural — the look of the work Martin takes.

Time of day

Night45%
Day41%
Golden hour7%
Interior5%

Lighting

Natural42%
Low key38%
High key15%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium59%
Closeup16%
Wide16%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle9%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral55%
Tense26%
Chaotic8%
Ominous5%

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 827 frames from Martin Lawrence's 8 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.