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Sam Spruell

Sam Spruell

2 films · 68 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20142025

Born 1 January 1977 · Southwark, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Sam Spruell is a British actor. His film credits include Defiance (2008), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), London to Brighton (2006), To Kill a King (2003) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). His television roles include the recurring cameo of Jason Belling in Spooks (2007 in Episode 6.9 and 2004 in Project Friendly Fire) and the recurring role of Wilkes in P.O.W (2003).

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How their films are shot

Measured across 68 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sam 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, 54% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work Sam takes.

Time of day

Night54%
Day38%
Interior8%

Lighting

Low key49%
Natural26%
High key24%

Shot size

Medium41%
Closeup24%
Wide21%
Establishing9%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
Low angle7%
Top down5%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral55%
Tense28%
Lonely8%
Ominous5%

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 68 frames from Sam Spruell'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.