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Richard Brake

Richard Brake

10 films · 705 frames · top-billed in 5 · 20162025

Born 30 November 1964 · Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales

Richard Colin Brake is a Welsh actor. Following his film debut in Death Machine (1994), Brake had a supporting role as Joe Chill in Batman Begins (2005). He subsequently appeared in numerous horror films such as Doom (2005), Hannibal Rising (2007), Mandy (2018), and Barbarian (2022), as well as his first lead role in Perfect Skin (2018). A frequent collaborator of Rob Zombie, Brake has appeared in four of his films: Halloween II (2009), 31 (2016), 3 from Hell (2019), and The Munsters (2022).

How their films are shot

Measured across 705 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Richard takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 10 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Richard takes.

Time of day

Night56%
Day37%

Lighting

Low key54%
Natural35%
Silhouette5%

Shot size

Medium40%
Closeup25%
Wide23%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle11%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral34%
Tense29%
Ominous17%
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 705 frames from Richard Brake's 10 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.