---
name: "Joshua Butler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joshua-butler"
fi1m_id: "joshua-butler"
imdb_id: "nm0124991"
tmdb_id: 274386
wikidata_id: "Q6289701"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 November 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T10:55:12.068989+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."
---

# Joshua Butler

## Identity

Joshua Butler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joshua-butler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joshua-butler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0124991
- **TMDB ID:** 274386
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6289701
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Butler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/274386

Director. Born 30 November 1973 in St. Louis, MO.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 November 1973, St. Louis, MO
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Butler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/274386

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)

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## Biography

Joshua Butler is an American film and television director, editor, producer and screenwriter. He graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television, where he wrote and directed the award-winning short *Will Work for Food* (1995).

Butler directed the 2001 feature *Prancer Returns* and multiple episodes of series including *The Vampire Diaries* (2009–), *The Originals* (2013), *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), *The Magicians* (2015) and *Shadowhunters* (2016). He wrote, directed and edited the 2024 Lifetime film *My Child Has My Doctor’s Face*. He is the founder of Iceblink Films, a production company based in the Los Angeles area.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Secret Life of the Dean's Wife* (2025), Director, Editor
- *My Child Has My Doctor’s Face* (2024), Editor, Director, Screenplay
- *The Beach House Murders* (2024), Editor
- *Red Rooms* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Director, Creator
- *I Live in a Box* (2017), Director, Writer
- *Shadowhunters* (2016), series, Director
- *The Magicians* (2015), series, Director
- *Limitless* (2015), series, Director
- *House Not Home* (2015), Director
- *State of Affairs* (2014), series, Director
- *Crisis* (2014), series, Director
- *Ravenswood* (2013), series, Director
- *The Originals* (2013), series, Director
- *The Following* (2013), series, Director, Editor
- *My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Secret Circle* (2011), series, Director
- *My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Nikita* (2010), series, Director
- *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), series, Director
- *My Super Psycho Sweet 16* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Warehouse 13* (2009), series, Editor
- *Vlog* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Deathlands* (2003), Executive Producer, Editor, Director
- *Saint Sinner* (2002), Director
- *Prancer Returns* (2001), Director
- *Beer Money* (2001), Director
- *The Huntress* (2000), series, Director
- *The Invisible Man* (2000), series, Director

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