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Trey Wilson

Trey Wilson

2 films · 221 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19861987

Born 21 January 1948 · Houston, Texas, USA · died 16 January 1989

Trey Wilson was a prolific American character actor best known for playing intense, loud and memorable authoritarian figures in iconic 1980s comedies. He built a distinctive career on stage and screen before his life was tragically cut short when he died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 40.

How their films are shot

Measured across 221 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Trey 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 day, 51% natural — the look of the work Trey takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night40%
Interior9%
Dusk4%

Lighting

Natural51%
Low key35%
High key10%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium60%
Wide21%
Closeup10%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
Low angle9%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral61%
Tense21%
Lonely7%
Ominous4%

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 221 frames from Trey Wilson'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.