Bill Butler

Cinematographer. Born 7 April 1921 in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. Died 5 April 2023.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

7 April 1921, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA

Died

5 April 2023

Active

1972–1993

Frequently works with

Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Len Blum

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The arc

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

Fi1m against the critics

76Fi1m

70Critics

We rate Bill’s work 6 points above the press, across 9 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 795

Under 602

Of 11 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 11 films
Screen time: 20 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $2.2bn across 11 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1972–1993

Genres

Drama6
Action5
Comedy4
Sport3
Adventure2
Crime2

Best and worst on Fi1m

93BestJaws1975

52WorstRocky IV1985

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

71960s

371970s

181980s

121990s

82000s

12020s

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1976Best Cinematography · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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