Chris Butler

Writer and director. Born 1 January 1974 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

Titles on Fi1m1 directing · 3 writing

Average Fi1m scoreas writer · 3 titles

Oscar nominations

Born

1 January 1974, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Active

2012–present

Frequently works with

Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

75Fi1m

77Critics

We rate Chris’s work 2 points below the press, across 3 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above2

60 to 790

Under 601

Of 3 reviewed titles as writer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 3 films
Screen time: 6 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $190m across 2 films with figures
Academy Awards: 2 Oscar nominations
Active: 2012–present

Genres

Adventure2
Animation2
Fantasy2
Action1
Family1
Science Fiction1

Best and worst on Fi1m

85BestWildwood2026

58WorstMasters of the Universe2026

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

42000s

52010s

52020s

Directors most worked with

Travis Knight4 titles

Producers most worked with

Arianne Sutner3 titles

Awards

Academy Awards2 nominated

Nominated2020Best Animated Feature · Missing Link
Nominated2013Best Animated Feature · ParaNorman

BAFTA Film Awards1 nominated

Nominated2013Best Animated Film · ParaNorman

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.