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Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe

3 films · 361 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19832013

Born 17 March 1964 · Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe is an American actor. Lowe came to prominence after appearing in films such as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, About Last Night..., and St. Elmo's Fire. On television, Lowe is known for his roles as Sam Seaborn on The West Wing, Senator Robert McCallister on Brothers & Sisters, and Chris Traeger on Parks and Recreation.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 361 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19832013

  • Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award1986
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 361 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Rob takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 40% low key — the look of the work Rob takes.

Time of day

Night50%
Day37%
Interior8%

Lighting

Low key40%
Natural31%
High key21%
Silhouette7%

Shot size

Medium49%
Closeup23%
Wide20%
Fullbody4%

Camera angle

Eye level86%
High angle7%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral69%
Tense11%
Lonely8%
Nostalgic4%

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 361 frames from Rob Lowe's 3 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.