FrameThrower · Actors · Wu Ma
Wu Ma
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1980–1991
Born 22 September 1942 · Tianjin, China · died 4 February 2014
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Wu Ma was a Chinese actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 300 appearances to his name (plus over 40 directorial credits within a twenty-five year period), Wu Ma was one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema. He was best known as the Taoist ghosthunter in A Chinese Ghost Story.
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Wu 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, 54% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Wu 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.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 129 frames from Wu Ma'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.