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Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

8 films · 657 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20062023

Born 24 August 1957 · Hampstead, London, England, UK

Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 657 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20062023

  • Commander of the Order of the Phoenix2021
  • Knight Bachelor2025
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2019
  • Richard Dawkins Award2018
  • Pipe Smoker of the Year2004
  • Sidewise Award for Alternate History1998

How their films are shot

Measured across 657 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Stephen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 41% natural — the look of the work Stephen takes.

Time of day

Night44%
Day42%
Interior9%

Lighting

Natural41%
Low key40%
High key15%

Shot size

Medium51%
Closeup22%
Wide17%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level86%
Low angle6%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral62%
Tense11%
Lonely8%
Ominous8%

Films in the library

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

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 657 frames from Stephen Fry's 8 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.