Abner Pastoll
Film director · 2 films (2015–2019)
Abner Pastoll is a director whose work here spans Road Games (2015) to A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (2019), across thriller and horror. All 99 frames from 2 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Abner Pastoll was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, grew up in London, UK and is now based in Seoul, Korea. His crime-thriller A GOOD WOMAN IS HARD TO FIND premiered at Fantasia and closed FrightFest’s 20th anniversary.
Born 12 February 1982 · Johannesburg, South Africa
Directing style
Abner Pastoll builds claustrophobic, tense crime thrillers by favoring intimate medium shots and closeups captured at eye-level, trapping the viewer directly within the characters' anxiety. Visual isolation is heightened through a reliance on shallow depth of field, which keeps the focus locked on the subject while dissolving the surrounding interior, night-dominant environments into soft obscurity. The lighting relies heavily on motivated practical sources and window light, illuminating a color palette that shifts between cool, desaturated slate tones and warm, earthy olive greens.
Films directed by Abner Pastoll
About Abner Pastoll
When was Abner Pastoll born?
Abner Pastoll was born on 12 February 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
What films has Abner Pastoll directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 2 of them: Road Games (2015) and A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (2019).
Search every frame of Abner Pastoll’s films
All 99 indexed frames from 2 films directed by Abner Pastoll — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.