FrameThrower · Actors · Tom Waits
Tom Waits
8 films · 480 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1986–2021
Born 7 December 1949 · Pomona, California, USA
Thomas Alan Waits is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres.
Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Whittier, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a young boy. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 480 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1986–2021
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2011
How their films are shot
Measured across 480 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tom 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, 47% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Tom takes.
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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 480 frames from Tom Waits'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.