![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Cinematographer Born: April 21, 1931 in Colorado Biography:Educated at Ohio Wesleyan and State University of Iowa, "Bill Butler" served a typically long Hollywood apprenticeship before being promoted to cinematographer on the independently produced "Fearless Frank". Some of the most famous of "Butler"'s many feature-film credits are "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" (1975), "Jaws" (1975), "Grease" (1978), and installments two, three, and four of "Rocky". He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and has won Emmies for the TV productions "Raid on Entebbe" (1978) and "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1984). "Bill Butler" should not be confused with the prolific film editor of the same name. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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