FrameThrower · Actors · Selton Mello
Selton Mello
2 films · 235 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2024–2025
Born 30 December 1972 · Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Selton Figueiredo Melo, known as Selton Mello one of Brazil’s most respected actors and directors, has built a remarkable career spanning four decades. From his beginnings as a child actor to his status as a celebrated artist, Mello has consistently demonstrated his passion for storytelling and connection with audiences.
Born in Passos, Minas Gerais, Mello began acting in Brazilian television soap operas during the 1980s. His talent quickly earned him recognition, leading to his transition to cinema. In the 1990s, he gained acclaim with films such as Lavoura Arcaica (To the Left of the Father) and O Auto da Compadecida (A Dog’s Will).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 235 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2024–2025
- Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director2012
- Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 235 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Selton 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, 51% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work Selton takes.
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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 235 frames from Selton Mello'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.