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Vincent Spano

Vincent Spano

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19831983

Born 18 October 1962 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Vincent M. Spano is an American actor.

Spano was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents. In 1976, he made his stage debut in a production of The Shadow Box at Long Wharf Theatre and Broadway. His film debut was in 1979's The Double McGuffin.

He has subsequently appeared in many Hollywood films, including John Sayles's Baby, It's You and City of Hope, Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, The Rats, Over the Edge-1979 and Creator.

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Vincent 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, 59% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Vincent takes.

Time of day

Night59%
Day38%

Lighting

Low key48%
Natural34%
High key10%
Chiaroscuro6%

Shot size

Medium55%
Closeup20%
Wide12%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level75%
Low angle15%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral67%
Tense15%
Lonely12%

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 130 frames from Vincent Spano'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.