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Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer

4 films · 263 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20172020

Born 31 January 1976 · Huntington, New York, USA

Paul Christian Scheer was born in Huntington, New York, on January 31, 1976. He attended St. Anthony's High School in Huntington, and then went on to study communication and education at New York University.

After graduating from NYU, Scheer began his comedy career with the Upright Citizens Brigade, a sketch comedy troupe based in New York City. He also began appearing in television and film roles, including a recurring role on the MTV sketch comedy series Human Giant.

In 2009, Scheer co-created and starred in the Adult Swim comedy series NTSF:SD:SUV::. The show ran for three seasons and was a critical and commercial success.

How their films are shot

Measured across 263 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, 50% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Paul takes.

Time of day

Night50%
Day41%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural38%
High key10%
Silhouette6%

Shot size

Medium49%
Wide24%
Closeup20%
Fullbody4%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
Low angle8%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral55%
Tense25%
Lonely9%
Ominous6%

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 263 frames from Paul Scheer'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.