# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-butler-q414574
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:23:26.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-butler-q414574"
name: "Bill Butler"
slug: "bill-butler-q414574"
description: "Wilmer Cable Butler, ASC was an American cinematographer, known for his contributions to the New Hollywood movement. He had notable collaborations with directors Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, William Friedkin, and Ivan Reitman. His most notable films included The Conversation (1974), Jaws (1975), Grease (1978), and three Rocky sequels."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1921–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Publicity_Photo_of_Bill_Butler.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1921-04-07"
deathDate: "2023-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.01
  momentum:             5.333732975254174
  historical:           16.01361333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124832/"
    handle:    "nm0124832"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل باتلر (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیڵ باتلەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Butler (Kameramann)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Butler_(cinematographer)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل باتلر (فیلم‌بردار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Butler (directeur de la photographie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Butler_(mai_daukar_hoto)"
    title: "Bill Butler (mai daukar hoto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Butler (direttore della fotografia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ビル・バトラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "빌 버틀러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Butler (görüntü yönetmeni)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q414574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3016076"
    title: "Bill Butler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump