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Sean Combs

Sean Combs

2 films · 187 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20212025

Born 4 November 1969 · New York City, New York, USA

Sean Love Combs, also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and record executive. Born in New York City, he worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Combs has produced and cultivated artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher.

Combs' debut album, No Way Out (1997), has been certified seven times platinum. The album was followed by Forever (1999), The Saga Continues... (2001), and Press Play (2006), all of which were commercially successful.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 187 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20212025

  • BET Award for Best Group2011
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special2009
  • Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group2004
  • BET Award for Viewer's Choice2003
  • BET Award for Video of the Year2002
  • Grammy Award for Best Rap Album1998
  • Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group1998
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 187 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sean 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, 53% of their frames are medium shots — the look of the work Sean takes.

Time of day

Night39%
Day32%
Interior26%

Lighting

Natural39%
Low key30%
High key30%

Shot size

Medium53%
Closeup25%
Wide9%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level92%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral84%
Joyful6%
Nostalgic4%

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 187 frames from Sean Combs'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.