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Bill Butler is a Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 7 april 1921 at Cripple Creek (USA)
Wilmer C. “Bill” Butler, A.S.C. (born April 7, 1921) is an American cinematographer, part of the New Hollywood generation. He shot The Conversation (1974), Jaws (1975), and three Rocky sequels. He completed 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest after Haskell Wexler was fired from the production.
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(1978)
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(1991)
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(1993)
(Director of Photography)
(1993)
(Director of Photography)
(1972)
(Editor)
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(1975)(Director of Photography)
(1978)(Director of Photography)
(1991)(Director of Photography)
(1993)(Director of Photography)
(1993)(Director of Photography)
(1972)(Editor)
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Filmography of Bill Butler (35 films)
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Add to a movie listBeethoven's 2nd (1993)
, 1h26Directed by Rod Daniel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Nicholle Tom, Christopher Castile, Sarah Rose Karr, Debi Mazar
Roles Director of Photography
Rating49%
The film begins in the home of the Newton family, where George, Alice, their three children, and Beethoven are all well adjusted to living together. Beethoven sneaks out and meets Missy, a female St. Bernard whose owners are attempting to settle a divorce. Regina, who is seeking $50,000 in the settlement, has retained full custody of Missy and only plans to transfer her to Brillo, her soon-to-be ex-husband, once the divorce is finalized.
Cop and ½ (1993)
, 1h33Directed by Henry Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Ray Sharkey, Holland Taylor, Ruby Dee, Frank Sivero, Marc Macaulay
Roles Director of Photography
Rating42%
Devon Butler (Golden) is an eight-year-old boy who lives in Tampa and dreams of being a cop. He watches police TV shows, knows police procedures and plays cops and robbers with his friend Ray. One day, while snooping around in a warehouse, he witnesses a murder. He goes to the police, who want the information, but he refuses to give it unless they make him a cop. They then team him with veteran cop (and child hater) Nick McKenna (Reynolds), and they team up in a comic series of events to find the killer. They eventually come to a mutual understanding in order to bring the killer to justice.
Hot Shots! (1991)
, 1h24Directed by Jim Abrahams
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
The film begins at Flemner Air Base 20 years prior. A pilot named Leland "Buzz" Harley (Bill Irwin) loses control of his plane and ejects, leaving his co-pilot Dominic "Mailman" Farnum (Ryan Stiles) to crash alone; although Mailman survives, he's mistaken for a deer owing to the branches stuck to his helmet and is shot by a hunter. Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) wakes up from a nightmare he's having about the event when Lt. Commander Block (Kevin Dunn) asks him to return to active duty as a pilot in the U.S. Navy, to help on a new top secret mission: Operation Sleepy Weasel.
Grease (1978)
, 1h50Directed by Randal Kleiser
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Gangster films
Actors John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
In the summer of 1958, Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) meets local boy Danny Zuko (John Travolta) at the beach while on vacation and they soon fall in love. As the summer comes to an end, Sandy worries about returning home to Australia and never seeing Danny again, but he assures her that it is only the beginning for them.
Demon Seed (1977)
, 1h34Directed by Donald Cammell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future
Actors Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Robert Vaughn, Lisa Lu, Larry J. Blake
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Dr. Alex Harris (Fritz Weaver) is the developer of Proteus IV, an extremely advanced and autonomous artificial intelligence program. Proteus is so powerful that only a few days after going online, it develops a groundbreaking treatment for leukemia. Harris, a brilliant scientist, has modified his own home to be run by voice activated computers. Unfortunately, his obsession with computers has caused Harris to be estranged from his wife, Susan (Julie Christie).
Jaws (1975)
, 2h4Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about sharks, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Giant monster films
Actors Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Susan Backlinie
Roles Director of Photography
Rating80%
While a group of teenagers are having an evening beach party on Amity Island, Chrissie Watkins (Susan Backlinie) goes skinny dipping in the ocean. Something violently grabs and pulls her underwater. In the morning, Deputy Hendricks (Jeffrey Kramer) finds her remains on the beach. Upon hearing from the medical examiner that the cause of death was a possible shark attack, Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) proceeds to close the beaches, but Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing news of a shark attack will ruin the summer tourist season, the town's primary revenue source. He rationalizes that there have been no prior shark problems in the area, and theorizes the girl was killed in a boating accident. The coroner concurs and Brody reluctantly accepts their conclusion.
The Conversation (1974)
, 1h49Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Psychologie
Actors Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76%
Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is a surveillance expert who runs his own company in San Francisco. He is highly respected by others in the profession. Caul is obsessed with his own privacy; his apartment is almost bare behind its triple-locked door and burglar alarm, he uses pay phones to make calls, claims to have no home telephone and his office is enclosed in wire mesh in a corner of a much larger warehouse. Caul is utterly professional at work but finds personal contact extremely difficult because he is intensely secretive about even the most trivial aspects of his life. Dense crowds make him feel uncomfortable and he is withdrawn and taciturn in more intimate social situations. He is also reticent and obsessively secretive with work colleagues. His appearance is nondescript, except for his habit of wearing a translucent grey plastic raincoat almost everywhere he goes, even when it is not raining.
Editor
Magic Man (2009)
Directed by Stuart Cooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Billy Zane, Bai Ling, Robert Davi, Christina Vidal, Alexander Nevsky, Armand Assante
Roles Editor
Rating22%
The Hunted (1998)
Directed by Stuart Cooper
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Harry Hamlin, Mädchen Amick, Hannes Jaenicke, Enuka Okuma, Fulvio Cecere, Robert Moloney
Roles Editor
Rating51%
Gang in Blue (1996)
, 1h39Directed by Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Mario Van Peebles, Josh Brolin, Melvin Van Peebles, Cynda Williams, Stephen Lang, J. T. Walsh
Roles Editor
Rating56%
Michael, une jeune recrue, découvre qu'une organisation raciste infiltre les rangs de la police. Il comprend alors rapidement qu'on veut se débarrasser de lui...
Of Love and Shadows (1994)
Genres Drama
Actors Jennifer Connelly, Antonio Banderas, Stefania Sandrelli, Mercedes Morán, Daniel Alvarado
Roles Editor
Rating50%
Irene est une rédactrice de magazine vivant dans l'ombre de la dictature de Pinochet au Chili. Francisco est un beau photographe et il vient voir Irene pour un emploi. En tant que sympathisant du mouvement de résistance clandestin, Francisco lui ouvre les yeux et le cœur sur les atrocités commises par l'État.
A Far Off Place (1993)
, 1h40Directed by Mikael Salomon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson, Maximilian Schell, Patricia Kalember, Robert John Burke
Roles Additional Editor
Rating64%
The witty Nonnie and the stuck-up city-boy Harry are the only ones among the gamekeeper's family to survive a massacre by a gang of poachers on a lonesome farm in the savanna. Now the ruthless murderers are after them as the only witnesses. Without a means of transportation, the only way to escape is to walk through 1,250 miles (2,000 km) of Kalahari desert with the help of the African bushman Xhabbo. On the months-long journey ahead they not only become good friends against their differences, but also realize that every one of them has strength and skills that are required to survive.
Cutting Class (1989)
, 1h31Directed by Rospo Pallenberg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, Jill Schoelen, Donovan Leitch, Martin Mull, Nancy Fish
Roles Editor
Rating45%
The plot revolves around the return of Brian Woods (Leitch), a "problem teen." He has just been released from a mental hospital; he was admitted after the suspicious death of his father, who crashed and died while driving a car with cut brakes. He falls in love with classmate Paula Carson (Jill Schoelen), but the local basketball star Dwight Ingalls (Brad Pitt) is already Paula's boyfriend. Meanwhile, the lecherous school principal also seeks Paula's affections. Then horrible murders start happening with no one certain of the identity of the culprit. The main suspects are Dwight, whose control of his anger has never been perfect; Woods, who may not have been fully cured at the sanitarium; and the principal, who seems to stop at nothing in his attempts to bed Paula.
Seven Hours to Judgment (1988)
, 1h30Directed by Beau Bridges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Julianne Phillips, Tiny Ron Taylor, Al Freeman Jr., Creed Bratton
Roles Editor
Rating47%
Walk Like a Man (1987)
, 1h26Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Christopher Lloyd, Howie Mandel, Cloris Leachman, Colleen Camp, Amy Steel, George DiCenzo
Roles Editor
Rating47%
Henry Shand goes to Alaska to search for gold and find his fortune. While there, his spoiled brat of a son, Reggie, gets mad that he has to work for money. What further angers him is the fact that he has to share the dogsled with his two-year-old brother Robert, nicknamed "Bobo". Reggie decides to take matters into his own hands and pushes the toddler off the sled, leaving him to die in the wintery Klondike wilderness.