Popular American cinematographer, Bill Butler was reported dead in a statement issued by the American Society of Cinematographers. According to them, he died on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. He was 101 years old.
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“The American Society of Cinematographers is sorry to report that Wilmer C. Butler died on the evening of April 5, at the age of 1010, just days short of his birthday. The Conversation (1974), Jaws (1975), and three Rocky sequels. He also shared credit on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) with Haskell Wexler, ASC – as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography,” the statement read.
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2006 Los Angeles Film Festival – Kodak 3-Reeler with Bill Butler
UCLA Film School, James Bridges Theatre
Los Angeles, California USA
June 25, 2006
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Butler started his career at a radio station in Gary, Indiana, and moved to Chicago in no time. He helped design and build the first television stations at the ABC affiliate and later at WGN-TV.
While working at WGN, he met William Friedkin and later became good friends. Friedkin then asked him to be his cinematographer on The People vs. Paul Crump, a documentary that focused on a prisoner who was scheduled to be executed in Illinois.
He worked on other movies including The Rain People, Something Evil, Spielberg, Rocky sequel, Demon Seed, and more.
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