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Patrick Macnee

Patrick Macnee

2 films · 118 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19811985

Born 6 February 1922 · Paddington, London, England, UK · died 25 June 2015

Patrick Macnee was an English actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers (1961-1969).

How their films are shot

Measured across 118 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Patrick takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Patrick takes.

Time of day

Night52%
Day40%
Interior6%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural33%
High key19%

Shot size

Medium48%
Wide23%
Closeup19%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle9%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral52%
Tense28%
Ominous12%

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 118 frames from Patrick Macnee's 2 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.