FrameThrower · Actors · Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
2 films · 227 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1983–1990
Born 18 August 1952 · Houston, Texas, USA · died 14 September 2009
Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. Known for his romantic, tough, and comedic roles in blockbusters and cult films, Swayze was nominated for three Golden Globes and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997.
Swayze received recognition for acting in the drama film The Outsiders (1983), the action film Red Dawn (1984), and the miniseries North and South (1985–1986). His breakthrough came with the romantic drama film Dirty Dancing (1987), receiving a Golden Globe nomination.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 227 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1983–1990
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 227 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, 58% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Patrick takes.
Time of day
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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 227 frames from Patrick Swayze'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.