FrameThrower · Actors · Michael Lerner
Michael Lerner
6 films · 296 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1987–2012
Born 22 June 1941 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · died 8 April 2023
Michael Charles Lerner was an American actor. He was best known for his Academy Award-nominated performance in Barton Fink, as well as appearing in the films Elf, Godzilla, Eight Men Out, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.
How their films are shot
Measured across 296 frames from the 6 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 6 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Michael 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 296 frames from Michael Lerner's 6 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.