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Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis

Leading roles in Broken Arrow, The New Daughter and Buried · stills from 5 of their films · 1996–2010

Born 12 May 1970 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Samantha Mathis is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President of SAG-AFTRA. Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Thing Called Love (1993), Little Women (1994), The American President (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), American Psycho (2000), and Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012).

How their films are shot

Measured across 374 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Samantha takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 61% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Samantha takes.

Time of day

Night61%
Day33%

Lighting

Low key54%
Natural36%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium45%
Closeup30%
Wide14%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level86%
Low angle5%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral46%
Tense26%
Lonely10%
Ominous6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

About Samantha Mathis

How old is Samantha Mathis?

Samantha Mathis was born on 12 May 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, which makes them 56 years old.

What is Samantha Mathis known for?

Samantha Mathis is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President of SAG-AFTRA. Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Super Mario Bros.

What movies has Samantha Mathis been in?

FrameThrower holds stills from 5 of Samantha Mathis's films: Buried (2010), The New Daughter (2009), The Punisher (2004), American Psycho (2000) and Broken Arrow (1996).

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 374 frames from Samantha Mathis's 5 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.

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