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Taner Birsel

Taner Birsel

2 films · 115 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20112024

Born 1 January 1959 · Akhisar, Manisa, Turkey

Taner Birsel, born in 1959 in Akhisar in the province of Manisa, Turkey, first studied Journalism and Public Relations between 1976-1980. Then he went on to study Performing Arts at the Conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, from 1981 to 1985. He has been an actor at the Istanbul State Theatre and starred in more than 30 plays since 1985.

Some of the plays he starred in: King Lear, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamlet, Ay Isiginda Samata, The Death of Danton. Apart from plays, he is well-known for his career in the motion pictures as well.

How their films are shot

Measured across 115 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Taner 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, 46% of their frames are night, 63% natural — the look of the work Taner takes.

Time of day

Night46%
Day38%
Golden hour10%
Dusk4%

Lighting

Natural63%
Low key33%

Shot size

Medium37%
Closeup24%
Wide22%
Establishing10%

Camera angle

Eye level91%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral59%
Lonely14%
Tense10%
Serene8%

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 115 frames from Taner Birsel'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.