---
name: "Stephen Butcher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-butcher"
fi1m_id: "stephen-butcher"
imdb_id: "nm0004281"
tmdb_id: 1227541
wikidata_id: "Q7608822"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "23 February 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:27:40.399083+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."
---

# Stephen Butcher

## Identity

Stephen Butcher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-butcher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-butcher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004281
- **TMDB ID:** 1227541
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7608822
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Butcher_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7608822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227541

Director. Born 23 February 1946 in Northampton.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 23 February 1946, Northampton
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Butcher_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7608822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227541

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Stephen Butcher is a British television director. Born on 23 February 1946 in Northampton, he began his career as a staff director at Granada Television, where he worked on a range of programmes including live news, documentaries and drama. His early drama credits included *Coronation Street*, which he directed regularly from 1973.

He went freelance in 1977 and directed episodes of series such as *Emmerdale Farm* and *EastEnders*. Butcher directed 16 episodes of *EastEnders* across 1985, 1991 and 2001. In the 1980s he became Drama Producer at Ulster Television and later moved to Northern Ireland, where he has continued to work on productions including *Ros na Rún* and *Fair City*.

*Sources: imdb.com, eastenders.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org, iftn.ie.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Two Ceasefires and a Wedding* (1995), Director
- *Eldorado* (1992), series, Director
- *First Sight* (1987), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, Director
- *Mixed Blessings* (1978), series, Director
- *Here I Stand...* (1977), series, Director
- *Victorian Scandals* (1976), series, Director
- *Victims of Prejudice* (1974), series, Director
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Director

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