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Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton

11 films · 1,084 frames · top-billed in 8 · 19882024

Born 5 September 1951 · Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA

Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

Keaton gained early recognition for his comedic roles in Night Shift (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), and Beetlejuice (1988). He gained wider stardom portraying the title superhero in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 11 films · 1,084 frames · top-billed in 8 · 19882024

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
  • Officer of Arts and Letters2016
  • Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor2014
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,084 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Michael takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 11 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Michael takes.

Time of day

Night53%
Day37%
Interior7%

Lighting

Low key46%
Natural34%
High key17%

Shot size

Medium54%
Wide18%
Closeup18%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level78%
Low angle11%
High angle9%

Mood

Neutral50%
Tense21%
Ominous13%
Lonely5%

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 1,084 frames from Michael Keaton's 11 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.