English film editor
Bill Butler (1933 – 4 June 2017) was an English film editor. He was known for editing A Clockwork Orange (1971), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Other notable films edited by Butler include Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968), A Touch of Class (1973) and The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976), all directed by Melvin Frank. He died in Sherman Oaks, California in 2017.[1] A Clockwork Orange was listed as the 40th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.[2]
Selected filmography
- Direct-to-video films
- Documentaries
Editor
| Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
| 1966
|
Goal!: The World Cup
|
|
- Shorts
Editor
| Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
| 1989
|
Leonardo's Dream
|
Douglas Trumbull
|
| 1990
|
The Magic Balloon
|
Ronald Neame
|
| 2003
|
The Aura
|
Armen Ohannesian
|
| 2004
|
Fish Burglars
|
Gideon Brower
|
| 2005
|
Stratagem
|
Michael Rainin
|
| 2006
|
Chloe
|
Jeff Bergman
|
| 2010
|
L.A. Harmony
|
Todd Bendera
|
| —
|
Waiting for Woody Allen
|
Michael Rainin
|
- TV movies
Editorial department
| Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
Role
|
| 1974
|
Fer-de-Lance
|
Russ Mayberry
|
Editorial supervisor
|
| 1981
|
St. Helens
|
Ernest Pintoff
|
Additional editor
|
Sound department
| Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
Role
|
| 1966
|
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin: Part 1
|
James Neilson
|
Sound editor
|
- TV series
- TV shorts
Editor
| Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
| 1975
|
The People's Lawyer
|
R. Durrell Robinson
|
| 1976
|
Child Abuse
|
| Friday Night Burn
|
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