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Samuel West

Samuel West

2 films · 395 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20062017

Born 19 June 1966 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Samuel West was born on June 19, 1966 in Hammersmith, London, England as Samuel Alexander Joseph West. He is known for his work on Howards End (1992), Van Helsing (2004) and Notting Hill (1999).

How their films are shot

Measured across 395 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Samuel 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, 47% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Samuel takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day46%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key50%
Natural40%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium46%
Wide25%
Closeup12%
Establishing9%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
High angle9%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral51%
Tense24%
Mysterious8%
Lonely6%

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 395 frames from Samuel West'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.