FrameThrower · Actors · Stephen McHattie
How their films are shot
Measured across 896 frames from the 12 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 12 films we hold, 66% of their frames are night, 64% low key — the look of the work Stephen 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.
Come To Daddy
2019 · Gordon
Haunter
2013 · The Pale Man
Pontypool
2008 · Grant Mazzy
My Animal
2023 · Henry
Rabid
2019 · Dr. Keloid
Born To Be Blue
2015 · Dad
This Movie Is Broken
2010 · Security Guard
Watchmen
2009 · Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Shoot 'Em Up
2007 · Hammerson
The Fountain
2006 · Grand Inquisitor Silecio
A History of Violence
2005 · Leland
Secretary
· Burt Holloway
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 896 frames from Stephen McHattie's 12 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.