FrameThrower · Actors · Shane Carruth
Shane Carruth
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2013–2016
Born 1 January 1972 · Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and performed one of the two main roles, and composed the music for his independent film Primer, which was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. As a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in math, Carruth utilized his technical knowledge on the project.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2013–2016
- Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award2004
- Alfred P. Sloan Prize2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Shane 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, 59% of their frames are day, 55% natural — the look of the work Shane takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
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 130 frames from Shane Carruth'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.