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Phil Daniels

Phil Daniels

2 films · 119 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19791979

Born 25 October 1958 · Islington, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Philip "Phil" Daniels is an English actor, most noted for film roles as "cockneys" such as Jimmy in Quadrophenia, Richards in Scum, Stewart in The Class of Miss MacMichael, Mark in Meantime, Kevin Wicks in EastEnders, DCS Frank Patterson in New Tricks and Edward Kitchener "Ted" Trotter, or Grandad, in the prequel Only Fools and Horses spin-off, Rock & Chips in 2010 until 2011.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 119 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Phil 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, 50% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Phil takes.

Time of day

Day50%
Night45%
Interior4%

Lighting

Natural47%
Low key39%
High key13%

Shot size

Medium55%
Wide24%
Closeup13%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle8%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense18%
Lonely10%

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 119 frames from Phil Daniels'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.