---
name: "Bill Butler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-butler"
fi1m_id: "bill-butler"
imdb_id: "nm0124833"
tmdb_id: 8424
wikidata_id: "Q15788650"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1933"
died: "4 June 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:42:19.194684+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Butler

## Identity

Bill Butler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-butler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-butler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0124833
- **TMDB ID:** 8424
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15788650
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Butler_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15788650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8424

Editor. Born 1 January 1933 in London, England, UK. Died 4 June 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1933, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 June 2017
- **Active:** 1971–1973
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Butler_(film_editor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15788650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8424

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*A Clockwork Orange*](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bill Butler was an English film editor. Born in London in 1933, he began his career in sound editing before moving into picture editing.

He edited Stanley Kubrick's *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing. He collaborated repeatedly with director Melvin Frank on films including *Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell* (1968), *A Touch of Class* (1973), *The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox* (1976) and *Lost and Found* (1979). Other credits include *Up the Creek* (1984), *Pray for Death* (1985), *Cutting Class* (1989) and *Of Love and Shadows* (1994).

Butler died on 4 June 2017 in Sherman Oaks, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Touch of Class* (1973), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-touch-of-class.md)
- *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blair Witch* (2016), Special Effects Assistant
- *Magic Man* (2009), Editor
- *What Matters Most* (2001), Editor
- *Chameleon* (1998), Editor
- *The Hunted* (1998), Editor
- *Not in This Town* (1997), Editor
- *Gang in Blue* (1996), Editor
- *Of Love and Shadows* (1994), Editor
- *A Far Off Place* (1993), Additional Editor
- *Journey of Honor* (1991), Editor
- *The Magic Balloon* (1990), Editor
- *Cutting Class* (1989), Editor
- *Seven Hours to Judgment* (1988), Editor
- *Walk Like a Man* (1987), Editor
- *Pray for Death* (1985), Editor
- *Up the Creek* (1984), Editor
- *A Little Sex* (1982), Editor
- *On the Right Track* (1981), Editor
- *How to Beat the High Cost of Living* (1980), Editor
- *Gorp* (1980), Editor
- *Lost and Found* (1979), Editor
- *Our Winning Season* (1978), Editor
- *Joyride* (1977), Editor
- *Supervan* (1977), Editor
- *Bittersweet Love* (1976), Editor
- *The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox* (1976), Editor
- *Killer Force* (1976), Editor
- *Great Expectations* (1974), Editor
- *A Touch of Class* (1973), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/a-touch-of-class.md)
- *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md)
- *One More Time* (1970), Editor
- *Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell* (1968), Editor
- *Goal!* (1966), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1972: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *A Clockwork Orange*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bill-butler