Bill Butler – Cinematographer, director of photography

Wilmer C. «Bill» Butler, ASC (born April 7, 1921) is an American cinematographer. He shot The Conversation (1974), Jaws (1975), and three Rocky sequels. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Filmography:

Year	Title	Notes	Director
1967	Fearless Frank		Philip Kaufman
1969	The Rain People		Francis Ford Coppola
1970	Adam’s Woman		Philip Leacock
1971	Drive, He Said		Jack Nicholson
	The Return of Count Yorga		Bob Kelljan
1972	Melinda		Hugh A. Robertson
	Deliverance	2nd Unit Photography (uncredited) with Vilmos Zsigmond	John Boorman
	Hickey & Boggs		Robert Culp
1973	The Godfather	2nd Unit Photography (uncredited) with Gordon Willis	Francis Ford Coppola
1974	The Conversation		Francis Ford Coppola
1975	Jaws		Steven Spielberg
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	With Haskell Wexler and William A. FrakerNominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography	Miloš Forman
1976	Lipstick		Lamont Johnson
	The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings		John Badham
	Alex & the Gypsy		John Korty
1977	Demon Seed		Donald Cammell
	Capricorn One		Peter Hyams
1978	Damien: Omen II		Don Taylor Mike Hodges
	Grease		Randal Kleiser
	Uncle Joe Shannon		Joseph Hanwright
	Ice Castles		Donald Wrye
1979	Rocky II		Sylvester Stallone
1980	Can’t Stop the Music		Nancy Walker
	It’s My Turn		Claudia Weill
1981	Stripes		Ivan Reitman
1982	Rocky III		Sylvester Stallone
	The Secret of NIMH	Animated visual consultant	Don Bluth
1983	The Sting II		Jeremy Kagan
1985	Rocky IV		Sylvester Stallone
1986	Big Trouble		John Cassavetes
	An American Tail	Animated visual consultant	Don Bluth
1988	Wildfire		Zalman King
	Biloxi Blues		Mike Nichols
	Child’s Play		Tom Holland
1990	Graffiti Bridge		Prince
1991	Hot Shots!		Jim Abrahams
1993	Cop and a Half		Henry Winkler
	Sniper		Luis Llosa
	Beethoven’s 2nd		Rod Daniel
1996	Flipper		Alan Shapiro
1997	Anaconda		Luis Llosa
	Deceiver		Jonas PateJosh Pate
2000	Ropewalk		Matthew Brown
2001	Frailty		Bill Paxton
2006	Funny Money		Leslie Greif
	The Plague		Hal Masonberg
2007	Redline		Andy Cheng
2008	The Chauffeur		Jérôme Dassier
2009	Evil Angel		Richard Dutcher

Television

Year	Title	Notes	Director
1962	The People vs. Paul Crump	Documentary	William Friedkin
1965	The Bold Men	Documentary	William Friedkin
1970	A Clear and Present Danger	Made-for-TV movie	James Goldstone
1972-1973	Ghost Story	Television series (5 episodes)	Richard Donner, Paul Stanley, Don McDougall, Leo Penn, David Lowell Rich
1972	Something Evil	Made-for-TV movie	Steven Spielberg
1973	Savage	Made-for-TV movie	Steven Spielberg
1973	Deliver Us from Evil	Made-for-TV movie	Boris Sagal
1973	Sunshine	Made-for-TV movie	Joseph Sargent
1973	I Heard the Owl Call My Name	Made-for-TV movie	Daryl Duke
1974	The Execution of Private Slovik	Made-for-TV movie	Lamont Johnson
1975	Hustling	Made-for-TV movie	Joseph Sargent
1975	Target Risk	Made-for-TV movie	Robert Scheerer
1975	The Big Rip-Off	Made-for-TV movie	Dean Hargrove
1977	Raid on Entebbe	Made-for-TV movie	Irvin Kershner
1977	Mary White	Made-for-TV movie	Jud Taylor
1981	Death Ray 2000	Made-for-TV movie	Lee H. Katzin
1981	Killing At Hell’s Gate	Made-for-TV movie	Jerry Jameson
1983	The Thorn Birds	Miniseries (4 episodes)	Daryl Duke
1984	A Streetcar Named Desire	Made-for-TV movie	John Erman
1987	Bates Motel	Made-for-TV movie	Richard Rothstein
1989	When We Were Young	Made-for-TV movie	Daryl Duke
1995	A Walton Wedding	Made-for-TV movie	Robert Ellis Miller
1996	Dark Skies	Televisions series (1 episode)	Tobe Hooper
1997	Don King: Only in America	Made-for-TV movie	John Herzfeld
1999	Passing Glory	Made-for-TV movie	Steve James
1999	G vs E	Television series (1 episode)	Jonas Pate
2000	Hendrix	Made-for-TV movie	Leon Ichaso
2002	Joe and Max	Made-for-TV movie	Steve James