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Matthew Lillard

Matthew Lillard

9 films · 711 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19942025

Born 24 January 1970 · Lansing, Michigan, USA

Matthew Lyn Lillard is an American actor, director, and producer. His early film roles include the black comedy Serial Mom (1994) and the crime thriller Hackers (1995). He achieved a career breakthrough for his portrayal of Stu Macher in the slasher film Scream (1996), which bolstered Lillard into the mainstream as a scream king. Afterwards, he starred in prominent roles in SLC Punk!

How their films are shot

Measured across 711 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Matthew takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 59% of their frames are night, 46% natural — the look of the work Matthew takes.

Time of day

Night59%
Day25%
Interior13%

Lighting

Natural46%
Low key34%
High key18%

Shot size

Medium66%
Closeup14%
Wide11%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle7%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral56%
Tense18%
Mysterious7%
Ominous7%

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 711 frames from Matthew Lillard's 9 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.