Searching for Films

Hi
Ok, maybe this is a stupid question but I can't seem to work this out. I have an archive of films on an external drive, synced into iTunes that I stream on my Apple TV 3 from the 'Computers' tab. Is there anyway I can search through this on the TV? ie. by Director, or actor etc (they all have the appropriate meta data in them).
For example with TV shows I just have a list of 100s alphabetically, not even listed by genre, and it's a hassle scrolling throw a few hundred each time if I want to watch a show starting with 'W.'
Any ideas, help etc.
Cheers

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