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Ryan Oliva

Ryan Oliva

2 films · 275 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20152024

Born 14 July 1975 · London, England

Ryan Oliva, a British/Canadian citizen is currently based in London. He is an actor known for his work on Jonathan Creek (2016), The Royals (2016) and Strike Back (2015). Maintaining his boxing athleticism (a former heavyweight and sparring partner to the elite), Ryan effortlessly commands presence on screen.

How their films are shot

Measured across 275 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ryan 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, 90% of their frames are night, 83% low key — the look of the work Ryan takes.

Time of day

Night90%
Day6%

Lighting

Low key83%
Natural13%

Shot size

Medium63%
Closeup25%
Wide9%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
Low angle6%
High angle5%

Mood

Tense32%
Neutral21%
Lonely17%
Ominous16%

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 275 frames from Ryan Oliva'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.