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Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

8 films · 506 frames · top-billed in 5 · 19702006

Born 5 May 1938 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Michael Murphy is an American film and television actor.

How their films are shot

Measured across 506 frames from the 8 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 8 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 44% natural — the look of the work Michael takes.

Time of day

Day48%
Night43%
Interior6%

Lighting

Natural44%
Low key38%
High key12%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium41%
Wide23%
Closeup22%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle8%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral68%
Tense16%
Lonely7%
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 506 frames from Michael Murphy'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.