# George Butler

> George Tyssen Butler was a British-American filmmaker and photographer, and a pioneer of the theatrical documentary. Some of his most popular films include Pumping Iron (1977), which introduced a wider audience to Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Endurance films, retelling Sir Ernest Shackleton's saga of Antarctic survival, and Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004), about his friend John Kerry's leadership in the peace movement.

*BritishAmerican filmmaker*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/george-butler

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1943-10-12
- **Died:** 2021-10-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 6.2 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1000159/ (@nm1000159)

## Sources
- [George Butler (filmmaker)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Butler_(filmmaker))
- [جورج باتلر (كاتب)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8))
- [جورج باتلر (منتج افلام من المملكه المتحده)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87))
- [George Butler (Regisseur)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Butler_(Regisseur))
- [George Butler (filmmaker)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Butler_(filmmaker))
- [George Butler](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Butler)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101452)
- [George Butler](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42081)

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