FrameThrower · Actors · Michael Massee
Michael Massee
3 films · 422 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1995–2004
Born 1 September 1952 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA · died 20 October 2016
Michael Massee was an American actor perhaps best known for his roles as villains in film and television. On March 31, 1993, he accidentally shot and killed actor Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow (1994).
How their films are shot
Measured across 422 frames from the 3 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 3 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 49% natural — 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.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 422 frames from Michael Massee's 3 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.