FrameThrower · Actors · Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse
4 films · 259 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1955–1969
Born 21 December 1912 · Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France · died 19 January 1979
Paul Meurisse was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
How their films are shot
Measured across 259 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Paul takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work Paul 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 259 frames from Paul Meurisse's 4 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.