FrameThrower · Actors · Rufus
Rufus
4 films · 273 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1976–2001
Born 19 December 1942 · Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Rufus is the stage name of French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known by the international film audience for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001). He has appeared in numerous French TV series and productions, including most of the films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He had the lead role in the movie Train de vie (1998), an award-winning tragicomedy about the Holocaust.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 273 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1976–2001
- Commander of the National Order of Merit2022
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2013
How their films are shot
Measured across 273 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Rufus 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, 62% of their frames are night, 62% low key — the look of the work Rufus takes.
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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 273 frames from Rufus'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.